Package: approx Version: 2.8.0 Severity: normal As the following sequence shows, approx failed to give an error message, (and appeared to start) even though port 9999 was already in use. (apt-cacher-ng was configured to use port 9999)
$ sudo invoke-rc.d approx stop Stopping proxy server for Debian archive files: approx. $ sudo invoke-rc.d apt-cacher-ng start Starting apt-cacher-ng: apt-cacher-ng. $ sudo invoke-rc.d approx start Starting proxy server for Debian archive files: approx. $ sudo invoke-rc.d approx stop Stopping proxy server for Debian archive files: approx failed! $ sudo invoke-rc.d apt-cacher-ng stop Stopping apt-cacher-ng: apt-cacher-ng. $ sudo invoke-rc.d approx start Starting proxy server for Debian archive files: approx. $ sudo invoke-rc.d approx stop Stopping proxy server for Debian archive files: approx. This bug is also present in 3.0.0~bpo40+1. Thanks for your work in Debian. Andrew V. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages approx depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii curl 7.15.5-1etch1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpcre3 6.7+7.4-2 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip approx recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
