Package: smartmontools Version: 5.37-6 Severity: normal
I think, smartmontools post-install should not fail, if the /etc/init.d/ script fails for whatever reason... (Correct me, if you are of another opinion) <<snip>> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up smartmontools (5.37-6) ... Enabling S.M.A.R.T..../dev/sda...done. Starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon: smartd failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript smartmontools, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing smartmontools (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: smartmontools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up smartmontools (5.37-6) ... Enabling S.M.A.R.T..../dev/sda...done. Starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon: smartd failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript smartmontools, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing smartmontools (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: smartmontools <<snap>> -- Package-specific info: Ouput of /usr/share/bug/smartmontools: # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages smartmontools depends on: ii debianutils 2.27 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-3 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip Versions of packages smartmontools recommends: ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20071017cvs-2 A simple mail user agent -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]