> WORK-AROUND > dpkg --purge cyrus21-common > seems to have worked for me.
NO--DON'T LISTEN TO THAT! It rendered cyrus inoperable. /var/run/cyrus and /var/run/cyrus/socket got zapped, although the former remained in the dpkg-statoverride database. I seem to have recovered by doing (some false steps removed) ----------------------------------- iron:~# ls -l /var/run/cyrus ls: /var/run/cyrus: No such file or directory iron:~# dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/cyrus cyrus mail 755 /var/run/cyrus iron:~# mkdir /var/run/cyrus iron:~# date; dpkg-statoverride --add cyrus mail 755 /var/run/cyrus Mon Oct 16 16:52:11 PDT 2006 An override for "/var/run/cyrus" already exists, aborting iron:~# chown cyrus:mail !$ chown cyrus:mail /var/run/cyrus iron:~# chmod 755 !$ chmod 755 /var/run/cyrus iron:~# dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/cyrus/socket iron:~# dpkg-statoverride --update --add cyrus mail 750 !$ dpkg-statoverride --update --add cyrus mail 750 /var/run/cyrus/socket warning: --update given but /var/run/cyrus/socket does not exist iron:~# dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/cyrus/socket cyrus mail 750 /var/run/cyrus/socket iron:~# install -o cyrus -g mail -m 750 -d /var/run/cyrus/socket iron:~# ls -ld !$ ls -ld /var/run/cyrus/socket drwxr-x--- 2 cyrus mail 48 Oct 16 17:36 /var/run/cyrus/socket ------------------------------------------------------ Before these fixes, this is what I got: # invoke-rc.d cyrus2.2 restart Stopping Cyrus IMAPd: cyrmaster. Waiting for complete shutdown.... Starting Cyrus IMAPd: /etc/init.d/cyrus2.2: You are missing a dpkg-statoverride on /var/run/cyrus. Add it. invoke-rc.d: initscript cyrus2.2, action "restart" failed. If anyone can confirm or deny the adequacy of this patch up, or suggest better ways to recover from such situations (for the next time I get in them...), I'm all ears. Possibly this behavior on purge is something that needs cleaning up too. Possibly purging in this situation should be regarded as pilot error :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
