Bug#932978:

Hello, Also running Debian Buster with sysvinit, and I stumbled upon this same issue. After a bit of debugging, my understanding is that the root cause lies here, in /lib/init/init-d-script : --- /lib/init/init-d-script.old 2020-08-07 16:50:41.544757853 +0900 +++ /lib/init/init-d-script.old 2020-0

Bug#932978: snmpd postinst fails

I hit this issue upgrading to Buster and can confirm setting VERBOSE=yes in /etc/default/rcS worked round the issue (and hence I was unable to gather any useful logging). Using sysvinit, not systemd. Adam

Bug#932978: setting VERBOSE to YES seems help

Hello, is seems that setting VERBOSE=yes in /etc/default/rcS did help in at least some cases. I'll look further. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT a

Bug#932978: same here

Started testing buster and see the same result here. Sysvinit, restart fails, package for snmpd never finishes configuration. -- Ted Serreyn Serreyn Network Services, LLC t...@serreyn.com 262-432-0260

Bug#932978: [Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#932978: snmpd postinst fails

On 25.07.19 21:52, Craig Small wrote: Seems a bit strange it doesn't work, until it feels like it then it's all ok. My guess is that some transitional thing is upsetting the init script. Do you use systemd or sysvinit? That will narrow down if it a unit file or init script issue. we use sysv

Bug#932978: [Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#932978: snmpd postinst fails

Hi Matus, Seems a bit strange it doesn't work, until it feels like it then it's all ok. My guess is that some transitional thing is upsetting the init script. Do you use systemd or sysvinit? That will narrow down if it a unit file or init script issue. - Craig -- Craig Small (@smallsees)

Bug#932978: snmpd postinst fails

Package: snmpd Version: 5.7.3+dfsg-5 Hello, when trying to upgrade from stretch to buster, the postinst script for snmpd fails: # dpkg --configure -a Setting up snmpd (5.7.3+dfsg-5) ... invoke-rc.d: initscript snmpd, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing package snmpd (--configure): in