Bug#306990: lvm2: Strange error when attempting to install

[John Goerzen]

Package: lvm2
Version: 2.01.04-5
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to install

Setting up lvm-common (1.5.17) ...
find: /etc/devfs/symlinks.d: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/devfsd not found.
dpkg: error processing lvm-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 100
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lvm2:
 lvm2 depends on lvm-common (>> 1.5.8); however:
  Package lvm-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing lvm2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages lvm2 depends on:
ii  debconf                     1.4.48       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdevmapper1.01            2:1.01.00-4  The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  lvm-common                  1.5.17       The Logical Volume Manager for Lin

-- debconf information excluded