Package: xen-utils-common Version: 4.1.3-2 Severity: important
IMPORTANT NOTE: This bug has been generated using reportbug run from a debian stable system. The affected debian testing systems are isolated in a lab and do not have internet access. The issue is wholly reproducible on several different debian testing installations. xen-utils-common fails to install if xen cannot be started. Example configurations may include: - Installing xen-utils-common before the xen kernel is installed. - Installing xen-utils-common as a dependency for xen-utils in a domU. In both of the above situations xen-utils-common installation fails and requires a patch to the post-install script to allow installation. If this patch is not applied xen-utils-common must be removed to allow a sane package management state. The root cause of the issue appears to be an implicit dependency on the starting of the xen init script in the following section of /var/lib/dpkg/info/xen-utils-common.postinst: # Automatically added by dh_installinit if [ -x "/etc/init.d/xen" ]; then update-rc.d xen defaults 20 21 >/dev/null invoke-rc.d xen start || exit $? fi # End automatically added section Commenting out the 'invoke-rc.d' line and running "apt-get -f install" resolves the installation issue. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org