Devuan bug report logs -
#768
gmetad does not start
Reported by: Michael Stroucken <mxs@cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:32:01 UTC
Severity: grave
Tags: debian
Found in version 3.7.2-4
Fixed in version 3.7.2-5
Done: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
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bug#768; Package gmetad.
(Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:32:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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to Michael Stroucken <mxs@cmu.edu>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to mxs@cmu.edu, devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org.
(Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:32:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Message #5 received at submit@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: gmetad
X-Debbugs-Cc: mxs@cmu.edu
Version: 3.7.2-4
Severity: grave
/etc/init.d/gmetad refers to $GMOND, which is never set. Likely should
be $NAME
-- System Information:
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)
Release: 4
Codename: chimaera
Architecture: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE
not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages gmetad depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii init-system-helpers 1.60+devuan1
ii libapr1 1.7.0-6+deb11u2
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u6
ii libexpat1 2.2.10-2+deb11u5
ii libganglia1 3.7.2-4
ii librrd8 1.7.2-3+b7
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
gmetad recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gmetad suggests:
pn ganglia-monitor <none>
ii ganglia-webfrontend 3.7.5+debian-3
-- no debconf information
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bug#768; Package gmetad.
(Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:30:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Message #8 received at 768@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Control: tags -1 debian
Michael,
Thanks for this.
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 04:28:00PM -0400, Michael Stroucken wrote:
> Package: gmetad
> X-Debbugs-Cc: mxs@cmu.edu
> Version: 3.7.2-4
> Severity: grave
However, src:ganglia from which gmetad is built is not a forked package and
Devuan uses Debian's packages directly without recompilation. Please report this
issue directly to Debian's BTS to be addressed. You are likely to have better
success if you can provide a tested and verified fix as a patch.
Thanks
Mark
Added tag(s) debian.
Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
to 768-submit@bugs.devuan.org.
(Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:30:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Reply sent
to Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>:
You have taken responsibility.
(Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:32:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Notification sent
to Michael Stroucken <mxs@cmu.edu>:
bug acknowledged by developer.
(Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:32:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Message #15 received at 768-done@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Version: 3.7.2-5
This was fixed in commit ea9365470c079b69fc1c48173d40217d4eae62af[1], included
in Debian 3.7.2-5.
Closing
Mark
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ganglia/-/commit/ea9365470c079b69fc1c48173d40217d4eae62af
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