Hi all,
I run a Devuan system with SysV init and made a fix.
Please find it here: (sorry, git-send-email does not work yet..)
index 982fb0a266..a09fd8fef1 100755
--- a/etc/guix-install.sh
+++ b/etc/guix-install.sh
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ chk_init_sys()
elif [[ -f /etc/init.d/cron && ! -h /etc/init.d/cron ]]; then
_msg "${INF}init system is: sysv-init"
INIT_SYS="sysv-init"
+ # SysV init on Devuan (and probably others) use
start-stop-daemon
+ # and need daemonize as extra dependency.
+ REQUIRE+=(daemonize)
return 0
elif [[ $(openrc --version 2>/dev/null) =~ \(OpenRC\) ]]; then
_msg "${INF}init system is: OpenRC"
@@ -673,9 +676,9 @@ main()
_msg "Starting installation ($(date))"
chk_term
- chk_require "${REQUIRE[@]}"
chk_gpg_keyring
chk_init_sys
+ chk_require "${REQUIRE[@]}"
chk_sys_arch
chk_sys_nscd
Kind regards,
Guido Witmond.