# Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ] 3 messages from 2016-08-29 to 2016-08-29. Participants: Jean-Marc B. van Schendel, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43953 ## Jean-Marc B. van Schendel, 2016-08-29 04:29 Subject: Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ] Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAKUcBEDwbZ7aLsa2w4dqNCRg3QQMo_2hm7-O-6o0Fg58ANYv%3DA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, Not really a bad bug, apparently just one little detail... Symptoms: On a fresh new install of Debian "Stretch" (8.5 alpha7, dated 2016-06-30), Trying to install a subset of Git packages (roughly, all those listed in git-all, except CVS-related packages) Install of package git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) fails, dpkg reporting error Assumed cause: The directory /etc/service does not exist, and the install procedure does not create it, subsequently fails to create a symlink (git-daemon --> /etc/sv/git-daemon) Workaround used: Manually created, directory /etc/service and ... it seems to work fine... Dunno's... It seems like the location for the newly created symlink may be hard-coded as /etc/service/. I cannot substantiate whether this location is a "universal invariant", or something platform-specific, which ought to be documented in one way or another. The "real'' cause of the problem might as well be that the install of Debian silently failed to create /etc/service/ (either as a folder or as a symlink to anwhere else)... The git daemon is the first standalone daemon I am installing on this system. From my point of view, it sounds possible that another standalone daemon (eg. ProFTPd) might have reported the same problem if I had installed it before git... Kind regards --jmbvs Jean-Marc B. van Schendel email: jeanmarc.vanschendel@gmail.com voice: +32.(0)474.70.3885 msn: jmbvs@hotmail.com ``` ## Jeff King, 2016-08-29 05:05 Subject: Re: Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ] Message-ID: <20160829050547.sv4rslwp2ocehvgx@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20160829050547.sv4rslwp2ocehvgx%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:29:04AM +0200, Jean-Marc B. van Schendel wrote: > Symptoms: > On a fresh new install of Debian "Stretch" (8.5 alpha7, dated 2016-06-30), > Trying to install a subset of Git packages (roughly, all those listed > in git-all, except CVS-related packages) > Install of package git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) fails, dpkg > reporting error The git-daemon-run package is entirely a Debian creation, and has more to do with "runit" than it does with "git daemon" itself. In particular, your problem: > Assumed cause: > The directory /etc/service does not exist, and the install procedure > does not create it, subsequently fails to create a symlink (git-daemon > --> /etc/sv/git-daemon) looks like it's about the system runit setup. I didn't dig, but it's probably related to: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834087 -Peff ``` ## Jean-Marc B. van Schendel, 2016-08-29 07:15 Subject: Re: Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ] Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAKUcBEAmaALBQT9YdgCRcCBeALKJ1QTHtcVSDRWvMLQwrGFSHg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20160829050547.sv4rslwp2ocehvgx@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` Thanks for the reply... Indeed there was a problem with the runit package (2.1.2-5), which _should_ have created /etc/system/ as a link to (in my case) /etc/runit/runsvdir/current ... Upgrading to runit 2.1.2-6 clears this off. Regards --jmbvs Jean-Marc B. van Schendel email: jeanmarc.vanschendel@gmail.com voice: +32.(0)474.70.3885 msn: jmbvs@hotmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:29:04AM +0200, Jean-Marc B. van Schendel wrote: > >> Symptoms: >> On a fresh new install of Debian "Stretch" (8.5 alpha7, dated 2016-06-30), >> Trying to install a subset of Git packages (roughly, all those listed >> in git-all, except CVS-related packages) >> Install of package git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) fails, dpkg >> reporting error > > The git-daemon-run package is entirely a Debian creation, and has more > to do with "runit" than it does with "git daemon" itself. In particular, > your problem: > >> Assumed cause: >> The directory /etc/service does not exist, and the install procedure >> does not create it, subsequently fails to create a symlink (git-daemon >> --> /etc/sv/git-daemon) > > looks like it's about the system runit setup. I didn't dig, but it's > probably related to: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834087 > > -Peff ```