Bug#398630: [Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#398630: ltsp-client: preinst fails

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:59:00PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Package: ltsp-client
> Version: 0.99debian7
> Severity: serious
> Usertags: grid5000
> 
> Hi,
> 
> During a piuparts run over all the packages in etch, I ran into a
> problem with your package:
>   Selecting previously deselected package ltsp-client.
>   Unpacking ltsp-client (from .../ltsp-client_0.99debian7_i386.deb) ...
>   dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/ltsp-client_0.99debian7_i386.deb (--unpack):
>    subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

this is intentional. from the description:

Description: LTSP client environment
 The scripts needed to configure and boot an LTSP client.
 .
 DO NOT install this package on a regular machine, it is intended only
 for installation inside a LTSP client filesystem.

it requires the presence of an /etc/ltsp_chroot file in order to
install. this is a safety precaution to ensure that ltsp-client is being
in an LTSP environment and not on the regular system, as the ltsp-client
init scripts do things that most users would not want on a regular
system.

though, now that you've brought it up, it might be better for the init
scripts to check for the presence of /etc/ltsp_chroot rather than
preinst.

live well,
  vagrant