Control: tags -1 + patch On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As > per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for > a release, thus the severity. > > From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): > > Selecting previously unselected package bidentd. > (Reading database ... > (Reading database ... 8336 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../bidentd_1.1.4-1.1+b2_i386.deb ... > Unpacking bidentd (1.1.4-1.1+b2) ... > Setting up bidentd (1.1.4-1.1+b2) ... > update-inetd: error: --pattern is not relevant with --add > dpkg: error processing package bidentd (--configure): > installed bidentd package post-installation script subprocess returned > error exit status 255 > Errors were encountered while processing: > bidentd > > > update-inetd got more strict recently and rejects superfluous > usage of --group
The issue is actually with the usage of --pattern and can be easily fixed by dropping the option when --add is used. A patch is attached. Paride
--- bidentd-1.1.4.orig/debian/bidentd.postinst 2010-04-29 16:48:25.000000000 +0200 +++ bidentd-1.1.4/debian/bidentd.postinst 2020-03-11 13:31:55.260658323 +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if [ "x$opt" != "xUSER" ]; then CONF_STR="ident\tstream\ttcp\tnowait\troot\t/usr/sbin/bidentd bidentd $opt" update-inetd --pattern "/usr/sbin/bidentd" --remove ident - update-inetd --pattern "/usr/sbin/bidentd" --group INFO --add "$CONF_STR" + update-inetd --group INFO --add "$CONF_STR" fi # Re-enable the manual settings too
