Package: hostapd
Version: 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2
Dear maintaniers,
On Debian Buster, it seems not possible to uninstall hostapd package
after installation.
Furthermore, i can not launch daemon.
My current configuration before installing hostapd is :
(with sysvinit, not systemd !)
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ pstree -anp
init,1
|-dhclient,603 -4 -v -i -pf /run/dhclient.eth-admin.pid -lf
/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth-admin.leases -I -df...
|-dhclient,685 -4 -v -i -pf /run/dhclient.eth-srv.pid -lf
/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth-srv.leases -I -df ...
|-dhclient,768 -4 -v -i -pf /run/dhclient.eth-user.pid -lf
/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth-user.leases -I -df ...
|-cron,1197
|-dbus-daemon,1206 --system
|-getty,1476 115200 console
|-getty,1477 38400 tty2
|-getty,1478 38400 tty3
|-getty,1479 38400 tty4
|-syslog-ng,12916
| `-(syslog-ng,13835)
|-syslog-ng,12939
| `-syslog-ng,12940 -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid --no-caps
`-sshd,16299
`-sshd,10843
`-sshd,10849
`-bash,10850
`-pstree,13836 -anp
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
buster/sid
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ cat
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian_apt_v_10_buster_* |grep -v "#"
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ cat
/etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences_debian_v_10_buster* |grep -v "#"
Package: *
Pin: release a=buster
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=stretch
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: dhcpcd5
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: *systemd*
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ dpkg -l |grep -v ii
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version
Architecture Description
+++-===========================================================-============================-============-===============================================================================
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ sudo apt install hostapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnl-route-3-200
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hostapd libnl-route-3-200
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 939 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2637 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libnl-route-3-200
amd64 3.4.0-1 [162 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 hostapd amd64
2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2 [777 kB]
Fetched 939 kB in 1s (1280 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libnl-route-3-200:amd64.
(Reading database ... 130986 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnl-route-3-200_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnl-route-3-200:amd64 (3.4.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package hostapd.
Preparing to unpack .../hostapd_2%3a2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2) ...
Setting up libnl-route-3-200:amd64 (3.4.0-1) ...
Setting up hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2) ...
/etc/init.d/hostapd: 30: /etc/init.d/hostapd: log_action_msg: not found
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-8) ...
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$
Which is very fine ....
But...
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ sudo apt remove --purge hostapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libnl-route-3-200
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
hostapd*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 2081 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 131018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2) ...
/etc/init.d/hostapd: 30: /etc/init.d/hostapd: log_action_msg: not found
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
(Reading database ... 130996 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-2) ...
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$
Please note following error :
/etc/init.d/hostapd: 30: /etc/init.d/hostapd: log_action_msg: not found
Furthermore, when trying to start daemon, i have :
ansible@vm-buster-x86-amd64-100:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hostapd restart
/etc/init.d/hostapd: 30: /etc/init.d/hostapd: log_action_msg: not found
Thanks in advance for your help
Best regards
