[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#343279: new cupsys fails to start, claiming can't bind port 631

Steve Langasek vorlon at debian.org
Wed Dec 14 08:25:10 UTC 2005


severity 343279 grave
thanks

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 01:58:23AM -0600, Rodney Gordon II wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:42:22PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:19:48PM -0600, Rodney Gordon II wrote:
> > > Package: cupsys
> > > Version: 1.1.23-13
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable

> > > The latest cupsys update broke the port binding for me:

> > > root at ghreen { ~ }$ /etc/init.d/cupsys start  
> > > Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
> > > cupsd: Child exited with status 98!

> > > /var/log/cups/error_log:
> > > E [13/Dec/2005:23:16:09 -0600] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for
> > > address 00000000:631 - Address already in use.

> > > "lsof | grep 631" shows nothing binded to 631. I have checked and tried
> > > to open the port myself, and I am sure it's open. I have also rebooted.

> > This probably means that the port is opened by an NFS-related kernel thread
> > because portmap (incorrectly) assigns the port there.  You can confirm this
> > by stopping the NFS server (/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server and
> > /etc/init.d/nfs-common) and starting cupsys again.

> > This is not a bug in cupsys, but a systemic problem with portmap's random
> > port assignment process.

> No, sorry. I do not have portmap installed.

> Downgrading to 1.1.23-12 works perfectly.

Ok, sorry for the wrong guess.  Bumping the severity back up.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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