As a temporary workaround reference for me(when I install this again after a while forgetting eveything that I had to read up to fix the problem) as well as others, here are the steps.
Steps to be taken after the installer fails. 1. sudo touch /etc/inittab 2. sudo dpkg -i /tmp/daemontools/admin/daemontools_xxxx.deb 3. (Add the config mentioned by mrts to /etc/event.d/svscan) sudo pico /etc/event.d/svscan add this>> start on runlevel 2 start on runlevel 3 start on runlevel 4 start on runlevel 5 stop on runlevel 0 stop on runlevel 1 stop on runlevel 6 respawn exec /usr/bin/svscanboot << 4. sudo initctl start svscan >From next boot onwards, you don't need to do (4). -- upstart breaks inittab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs