Subject: bug#768: gmetad does not start

From: Michael Stroucken <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:28:00 -0400

Package: gmetad
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email-masked]
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
Report will be sent to Devuan Bug Tracking System <[email-masked]>

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:27:58 +0100

Control: tags -1 debian

Michael,

Thanks for this.

> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email-masked]

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

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:32:02 +0000

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the gmetad package:

#768: gmetad does not start

It has been closed by Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>.

Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
better one in a separate message then please contact Mark Hindley <[email-masked]> by
replying to this email.

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Subject: Fixed in Debian 3.7.2-5
From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:29:15 +0000

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

Subject: gmetad does not start
From: Michael Stroucken <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:28:00 -0400

Package: gmetad

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:    Devuan