Package: tftpd-hpa Version: 5.0-3 Severity: important While updating my unstable box I got this problem:
Setting up tftpd-hpa (5.0-3) ... tftpd user (tftp) is already existing, doing nothing. tftpd-hpa directory (/srv/tftp) is already existing, doing nothing. Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing tftpd-hpa (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 71 Errors were encountered while processing: tftpd-hpa E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up tftpd-hpa (5.0-3) ... tftpd user (tftp) is already existing, doing nothing. tftpd-hpa directory (/srv/tftp) is already existing, doing nothing. Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing tftpd-hpa (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 71 Errors were encountered while processing: tftpd-hpa The problem is that this upgrade tries to start the daemon, while on my system tftpd-hpa is run via inetd. The error logged in syslog is Jul 28 14:29:37 scarafaggio in.tftpd[16677]: cannot bind to local IPv4 socket: Address already in use The package status hang in status Failed-cfg: scarafaggio:/tmp/tftp-hpa-5.0/debian# LC_ALL=C dpkg -l tftpd-hpa Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=====================-=====================-=============================== iF tftpd-hpa 5.0-3 HPA's tftp server Bye, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
