Package: socklog-run Version: 2.1.0+repack-6 Severity: normal Dear Maintainers,
I wanted to install a system log daemon on a new test installation of Devuan running sysv-init. I looked at the selection of system logging daemons on offer and, being keen on the runit family of software, I chose socklog-run as a nice minimal solution. root@devuan:~# apt-get install system-log-daemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Package system-log-daemon is a virtual package provided by: syslog-ng-core 4.8.1-5 socklog-run 2.1.0+repack-6 rsyslog 8.2504.0-1devuan1 inetutils-syslogd 2:2.6-3 busybox-syslogd 1:1.37.0-6 You should explicitly select one to install. As expected, this pulled in and started runit-run. root@devuan:~# apt-get install socklog-run Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: ipsvd runit runit-run socklog sysuser-helper Suggested packages: ucspi-unix runit-services xchpst The following NEW packages will be installed: ipsvd runit runit-run socklog socklog-run sysuser-helper 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 302 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,267 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 ipsvd amd64 1.0.0-12 [69.6 kB] Get:2 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 sysuser-helper all 1.6.0 [11.6 kB] Get:3 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 runit amd64 2.2.0-3 [143 kB] Get:4 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 runit-run all 2.2.0-3 [13.7 kB] Get:5 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 socklog amd64 2.1.0+repack-6 [54.0 kB] Get:6 http://gb.deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur/main amd64 socklog-run amd64 2.1.0+repack-6 [10.2 kB] Fetched 302 kB in 0s (1,209 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package ipsvd. (Reading database ... 133857 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-ipsvd_1.0.0-12_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ipsvd (1.0.0-12) ... Selecting previously unselected package sysuser-helper. Preparing to unpack .../1-sysuser-helper_1.6.0_all.deb ... Unpacking sysuser-helper (1.6.0) ... Selecting previously unselected package runit. Preparing to unpack .../2-runit_2.2.0-3_amd64.deb ... runit: setting up for runsvchdir runit: current symlink succesfully created Unpacking runit (2.2.0-3) ... Selecting previously unselected package runit-run. Preparing to unpack .../3-runit-run_2.2.0-3_all.deb ... Unpacking runit-run (2.2.0-3) ... Selecting previously unselected package socklog. Preparing to unpack .../4-socklog_2.1.0+repack-6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking socklog (2.1.0+repack-6) ... Selecting previously unselected package socklog-run. Preparing to unpack .../5-socklog-run_2.1.0+repack-6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking socklog-run (2.1.0+repack-6) ... Setting up socklog (2.1.0+repack-6) ... Setting up ipsvd (1.0.0-12) ... Setting up sysuser-helper (1.6.0) ... Setting up runit (2.2.0-3) ... Creating group '_runit-log' with GID 996. Creating user '_runit-log' (runit svlogd user) with UID 996 and GID 996. Setting up socklog-run (2.1.0+repack-6) ... Creating group '_socklog-unix' with GID 995. Creating user '_socklog-unix' (Socklog unix user) with UID 995 and GID 995. Creating group '_socklog-klog' with GID 994. Creating user '_socklog-klog' (Socklog klog user) with UID 994 and GID 994. Creating group '_socklog-inet' with GID 993. Creating user '_socklog-inet' (Socklog inet user) with UID 993 and GID 993. Creating group '_socklog-ucspi-tcp' with GID 992. Creating user '_socklog-ucspi-tcp' (Socklog ucspi-tcp user) with UID 992 and GID 992. Creating group '_socklog-notify' with GID 991. Creating user '_socklog-notify' (Socklog notify user) with UID 991 and GID 991. Setting up runit-run (2.2.0-3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ... I was surprised, however, that the service didn't get started automatically: root@devuan:~# sv status /etc/service/* fail: /etc/service/*: unable to change to service directory: file does not exist I needed to run: root@devuan:~# update-service --add socklog-unix I see in the source package's runit control file it is set to start automatically, but this is not effective with runit-run. In general this is the correct behaviour: we don't want runit-run starting services that the superior process supervisor has also started. But in this case socklog-run is *only* started by runit and users would expect that installing it would start the logging service, the same as the other alternative packages with Provides: system-log-daemon. The need to perform another operation is not mentioned in the package decription or the README.Debian for socklog or socklog-run. (I also notice the README.Debian has an incorrect path for the extra documentation to configure socklog - need to add 'html/'.) I suggest one of two solutions: 1) Extend the postinst maintscript to install the service (using update-service if this is appropriate in a maintscript) for this package. 2) Consider updating runit-helper always to install services in the rare case of packages that only have runit integration. Perhaps something in the runit control file could express this? with a fallback to: 3) Document in README.Debian how to enable and start the daemon if not using runit-init. Also note the possibility of contributing to https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Logging with pros, cons and caveats for runit-init and non-runit-init users of socklog-run. Thanks, Andrew -- System Information: Distributor ID: Devuan Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur/ceres) Release: 6 Codename: excalibur ceres Architecture: x86_64 Kernel: Linux 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages socklog-run depends on: ii runit 2.2.0-3 ii runit-helper 2.16.4 ii socklog 2.1.0+repack-6 ii systemd-standalone-sysusers [systemd-sysusers] 257.7-1 Versions of packages socklog-run recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1.1 ii ipsvd 1.0.0-12 socklog-run suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
