[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#499008: Bug#499008: Fails to install: Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd failed!

[Guido Günther]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:12:23PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
> Package: libvirt
> Version: 0.4.4-3
> Severity: serious
> 
> ocaml-libvirt build-logs on arm, mips and powerpc:
> 
> http://buildd.debian.org/~jeroen/status/package.php?suite=unstable&p=ocaml-libvirt
> 
> Since these archs have little in common, the issue is probably something
> specific to the buildd env libvirt-bin daemon fails to take in account.
> 
> Installing:
> --snip--
> Setting up libvirt-bin (0.4.4-3) ...
> Adding group `libvirt' (GID 111) ...
> Done.
> Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd failed!
> invoke-rc.d: initscript libvirt-bin, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing libvirt-bin (--configure):
Hmmm...we need proc mounted, but that should be the case in the build
chroot?

>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>  Setting up libvirt-dev (0.4.4-3) ...
> --snip--
> 
> Also, it's failing ot run delgroup on purge:
> 
> --snip--
> Stopping libvirt management daemon: libvirtd.
> Purging configuration files for libvirt-bin ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libvirt-bin.postrm: line 25: delgroup: command not
> found
The buildd purges adduser before it purges libvirt-bin (although there
is a dependency), there's little we can do about it.
 -- Guido