Package: redis-server Version: 4:4.0.2-5 Severity: important Dear Maintainer.
as the subject says, apt fails to install redis-server inside a buster container: Setting up redis-server (4:4.0.2-5) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/redis-server ... Installing new version of config file /etc/redis/redis.conf ... Job for redis-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status redis-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript redis-server, action "restart" failed. ● redis-server.service - Advanced key-value store Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-11-05 19:16:06 UTC; 50ms ago Docs: http://redis.io/documentation, man:redis-server(1) Process: 27358 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf (code=exited, status=237/KEYRING) Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: Starting Advanced key-value store... Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=237 Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 05 19:16:07 gitlab systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. dpkg: error processing package redis-server (--configure): installed redis-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Corresponding bug: https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/3799 Temporary "Solution" - drop the service files and invoke redis-server with the old init-scripts that work without flaw. Cheers Alf -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages redis-server depends on: ii adduser 3.116 ii lsb-base 9.20170808 ii redis-tools 4:4.0.2-5 redis-server recommends no packages. redis-server suggests no packages. -- no debconf information