runit bug [was: Trouble with apt]

[Florin Andrei]

David Vincent wrote:
> 
> try
> 
> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> 
> then
> 
> $ sudo apt-get check
> 
> and report back.

I get the same /etc/inittab error on 7.10

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florin at scout:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for florin:
Setting up runit (1.6.0-1) ...
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
Adding SV inittab entry...
cp: cannot stat `/etc/inittab': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing runit (--configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  runit
florin at scout:~$ sudo apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
###############################################

I think it was runit, indeed. I think the package was pulled in as a 
dependency for something else. But, oddly, I was able to cleanly 
uninstall it:

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florin at scout:~$ sudo dpkg -r runit
(Reading database ... 184726 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing runit ...
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
florin at scout:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
florin at scout:~$
###############################################

I filed a bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runit/+bug/190253

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/