[stork-users] Debian packaging problem with isc-stork-server
Kevin P. Fleming
kevin at km6g.us
Sat Sep 10 13:57:14 UTC 2022
During a regular update cycle my machine tried to install
isc-stork-server 1.6.0.220906131440. This failed because the
post-installation script encountered an error.
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Setting up isc-stork-server (1.6.0.220906131440) ...
Option s is ambiguous (shell, system)
dpkg: error processing package isc-stork-server (--configure):
installed isc-stork-server package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 1
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After looking at /var/lib/dpkg/info/isc-stork-server.postinst, I saw
that if 'busybox' is available on the system then the
post-installation script attempts to use it to create the stork-server
group and user. Unfortunately the syntax appears to be bad as busybox
complained, but more importantly my system is Debian Bullseye and
busybox isn't used for managing users and groups... I just happened to
have it installed for unrelated reasons.
I think this script's logic for determining which tool to use for
managing groups and users might need to be re-thought. I was able to
complete the installation by de-installing busybox.
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