[Bug 1547208] [NEW] package libvirt-bin=1.3.1-1ubuntu1 fails to install due to new virtlockd initd script

[Mikhail S Medvedev]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu Xenial, new release of libvirt-bin fails to cleanly install:

root at xenial-server-2016-01-18-ppc64el:~# apt-get install libvirt-bin
--snip--
Setting up libvirt-bin (1.3.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Adding group `libvirtd' (GID 119) ...
Done.
 * Starting libvirt logging daemon virtlogd                                                                                                                                                              [ OK ] 
Starting virtlockd daemon: /etc/init.d/virtlockd: 46: /etc/init.d/virtlockd: daemon: not found

invoke-rc.d: initscript virtlockd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package libvirt-bin (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Setting up libxml2-utils (2.9.3+dfsg1-1) ...
Setting up pm-utils (1.4.1-16) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


After installing 'daemon' package, the different error would show up indicating that init.d script uses parameters
that daemon can not handle:

Setting up libvirt-bin (1.3.1-1ubuntu1) ...
 * Starting libvirt logging daemon virtlogd                                                                                                                                                              [ OK ] 
Starting virtlockd daemon: daemon: unrecognized option '--check'
usage: daemon [options] [--] [cmd arg...]

root at xenial-server-2016-01-18-ppc64el:~# daemon --version
daemon-0.6.4

I could not figure out exactly what version of daemon it expects. The
failing source package: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/ppc64el
/libvirt-bin/1.3.1-1ubuntu1

Offending portion of /etc/init.d/virtlockd:

start() {
    echo -n "Starting $SERVICE daemon: "
    daemon --pidfile $PIDFILE --check $SERVICE $PROCESS --daemon $VIRTLOCKD_ARGS
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$SERVICE
}


Additional Info:

root at xenial-server-2016-01-18-ppc64el:~# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release:	16.04

root at xenial-server-2016-01-18-ppc64el:~# apt-cache policy libvirt-bin
libvirt-bin:
  Installed: 1.3.1-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.3.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3.1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/main ppc64el Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: packaging xenial

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  package libvirt-bin=1.3.1-1ubuntu1 fails to install due to new
  virtlockd initd script

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