Subject: low-memory-monitor missing init script

From: Kristopher John Gamrat <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:30:09 +0000

Package: low-memory-monitor
Version: 2.1-1

When installing low-memory-monitor on Devuan 5.0 "Daedalus", apt-get produces 
an error message related to a missing init 
script /etc/init.d/low-memory-monitor . As the Debian package contains a 
systemd .service file and Devuan lacks systemd, I am assuming this should be 
filed here on the Devuan bug tracker and that a init.d equivalent of 
the .service file needs to be written. Here is the output from apt-get:

root@desktop:~# apt-get install low-memory-monitor
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  low-memory-monitor
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/13.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 53.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 5.0.0 daedalus amd64 - desktop 20230814] 
daedalus/main amd64 low-memory-monitor amd64 2.1-1 [13.3 kB]
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
Selecting previously unselected package low-memory-monitor.
(Reading database ... 732406 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../low-memory-monitor_2.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking low-memory-monitor (2.1-1) ...
Setting up low-memory-monitor (2.1-1) ...
update-rc.d low-memory-monitor defaults
update-rc.d: error: initscript does not exist: /etc/init.d/low-memory-monitor
Processing triggers for runit (2.1.2-54) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.6-1devuan1) ...

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:41:56 +0100

Control: merge 775 -1
Control: tags -1 debian

> the .service file needs to be written. Here is the output from apt-get:

A quick look suggests this package has never had a initscript. It is also not
forked and Devuan uses Debian's package directly without recompilation.

IN the first instance, the best solution would be to write a working initscript
and submit that with the report to Debian. Non-system init is still possible in
Debian and this would provide the widest coverage and benefit.

Do you have a working initscript?

Thanks

Mark

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:10:26 +0100

Control: tags -1 patch

Kristopher,

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 04:29:16PM +0000, Kristopher John Gamrat wrote:
> Sorry for the delayed response.
> 
> I have attached an init script.

Great, thanks. Can you submit that to Debian BTS asking for it to be included?

Mark