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[2016-04-28 18:37] Ben Kibbey <b...@luxsci.net>
> Package: sysvinit-utils
> Version: 2.88dsf-59.3
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>    * What led up to the situation?
>
> The NAME environment variable is used by a few applications to obtain the 
> users
> real name but the NAME variable is not overwritten when set during an upgrade
> of lvm2. Renaming the NAME variable in /lib/init/init-d-script to something
> else (e.g., PROGNAME) should fix it.
>
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
>
> After the upgrade was complete, insserv exec'd /etc/init.d/lvmetad which
> sources /lib/init/init-d-script.
>
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>
> /etc/init.d/lvm2-lvmetad: 183: [: /etc/default/Ben: unexpected operator
> Restarting LVM2 metadata daemon: Ben Kibbey.

We can't just rename this variable. It will break many scripts. But we
can unset this variable and other that are supposed to be set in
/etc/init.d/script.

Will work on patch.


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