[PKG-OpenRC-Debian] Bug#811708: Bug#811708: need help?

[Svante Signell]

Adam,

Can you please NMU this package, I've installed the diverted version on GNU/Hurd
and it works fine :) I'll do the same on GNU/Linux ASAP.

Thanks!

On Tue, 2016-02-09 at 22:45 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 13:13 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 08:26 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > > > init-system-helpers: file conflict with openrc: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
> > > 
> > > Uhm, guys... are you alive?  This bug keeps openrc uninstallable, and will
> > > cause its autoremoval soon.
> > > 
> > > If you're too busy and need help, I could help with fixing or NMUing, but
> > > you need to decide whether to:
> > > * cooperate with init-system-helpers and put the logic there (like sysv-
> > > rc)
> > > * divert update-rc.d (like file-rc)
> > > 
> > > Note that I'm not the best person to help, though, as I use openrc only on
> > > a
> > > single desktop and thus don't know anything about its advanced features
> > > nor
> > > internals.
> > 
> > Hi Adam,
> > Cc: Roger
> > 
> > I sent the following mail to the openrc maintainers: Benda Xu, Thomas
> > Goirand
> > and Roger Leigh on Friday February 5th (no reply so far). The mail to Roger
> > bounced, he is no longer a Debian maintainer.
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Due to the serious bug 811708 openrc (0.18.3-1) will be removed from
> > > Debian
> > > testing on February 18. In my opinion it would be a pity if it disappears.
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to do as file-rc (0.8.17) did in bug 812337: add a
> > > diversion?
> > > 
> > > From changelog: divert update-rc.d + invoke-rc.d files to cooperate with
> > > init-
> > > system-helpers >=1.25. It seems like only divert() in preinst and
> > > undivert() in
> > > postrm scripts has to be created and called.
> 
> Attached are patches of debian/changelog and new files debian/preinst and
> debian/postrm. Maybe the debian/control file has to be modified too. Are they
> sufficient to create a diversion of openrc so that bug 811708 can be closed? I
> have not yet had time to test-install, the plan is to do that for GNU/Linux
> and
> GNU/Hurd.
>