Subject: dbus: failed upgrade, fails to read dbus.conf

From: "Dimitris T." <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:15:26 +0200

Subject: dbus: fails to upgrade, missibg dbus.conf
Package: dbus
Version: 1.16.2-2devuan1
Severity: normal

Hey,
just run apt upgrade, and newer dbus (1.16.2-2devuan1) came in. but 
installation failed :

"
Installing dbus-system-bus-common (1.16.2-2devuan1) ...
Failed to read 'dbus.conf': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package dbus-system-bus-common (--configure):
  installed dbus-system-bus-common package post-installation script 
subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus:
  dbus depends on dbus-system-bus-common (>= 1.16.2-2devuan1). However:
   Package dbus-system-bus-common isn't configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure):
  προβλήματα εξάρτησης - αφήνεται μη ρυθμισμένο
Προέκυψαν σφάλματα κατά την επεξεργασία του:
  dbus-system-bus-common
  dbus
"

downgrading all related dbus packages to testing version 
(1.16.2-1devuan1), and there is no such error.

thx,
d

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:    Devuan
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur/ceres)
Release:    6
Codename:    excalibur ceres
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE 
not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: runit (via /run/runit.stopit)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages dbus depends on:
ii  base-files                 13.7devuan1
ii  dbus-bin                   1.16.2-2devuan1
ii  dbus-daemon                1.16.2-2devuan1
ih  dbus-system-bus-common     1.16.2-2devuan1
ii  init-system-helpers        1.68devuan1
ii  libc6                      2.41-4
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.16.2-2devuan1
ii  libexpat1                  2.6.4-1
ii  lsb-base                   11.6
ii  sysvinit-utils [lsb-base]  3.14-3devuan1

dbus recommends no packages.

Versions of packages dbus suggests:
ii  dbus-x11 [default-dbus-session-bus]  1.16.2-2devuan1

Versions of packages dbus is related to:
ii  dbus-x11      1.16.2-2devuan1
pn  systemd       <none>
pn  systemd-sysv  <none>

-- no debconf information