Do the install of initscripts like this though just in case:
sudo apt install -s initscripts
that is like a way to test. ;)
glad you got the packages, I hope it helps.
Also, backup your important files first just in case. :)
On 07/10/2017 11:56 PM, Miroslav Rovis wrote:
> On 170710-23:39+0200, Svante Signell wrote:
>> On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 14:12 +0000, Miroslav Rovis wrote:
>>> Hi Svante and everybody!
>>>
>>> (and zap, to whom you right as second person in the email I'm
>>> replying to. zap
>>> might give useful advice, since he --later-- reported he successfully
>>> installed
>>> OpenRC)
>>>
>>> Svante, I'm taking your suggestion in the other thread some three
>>> days ago now,
>>> or so.
>>>
>>> I want to try OpenRC in my Devuan.
>> Ok, let's see if I can help you.
> Svante, I got packages from zap. zap, I got your email, it's just the Lurker
> that is limited to 40k (which means you can only send some 30k (because mail
> encodes in base64) in one email
> DIGRESSION
> I vote for the limit to be raised at least to 100k (and so I'm CC'ing Rick
> Moen, who, IIUC, administers Lurker)
> DIGRESSION END
>
> ...but I got them:
>
> $ ls -ltr sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.9_amd64.deb \
> util-linux_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb libfdisk1_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
> -rw------- 1 mr mr 68436 2017-07-11 03:30 sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.9_amd64.deb
> -rw------- 1 mr mr 979112 2017-07-11 03:30 util-linux_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
> -rw------- 1 mr mr 210960 2017-07-11 03:30 libfdisk1_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
> $
>
> 4dc6fcf0e33bf4b0e87430d5e94167c2b72110927dc3682b879d3295961b022f sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.9_amd64.deb
> 5587f1e90a1d504262e740b4f66f93c547ca32aa49026871e8f3e231980ebb30 util-linux_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
> de3a62685fc93c50b975f7435377e0775984dfb2964a0aeea44e0d5d7b6a7a1b libfdisk1_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
>
> (for the archives --web readers in the future--, these packages are of little
> important, Devuan will surely be fully OpenRC-friendly soon from the time of
> this writing)
>
> And also thanks to Adam Borowski whe replied as well.
>
>
>>>> Did you see my mail? I can send you the packages
>>>> libfdisk1 2.29.2-1+devuan1
>>>> util-linux 2.29.2-1+devuan1
>>> I believe/hope all that is necessary is now in these repos that you
>>> wrote below (but is it so?):
>> These packages still FTBFS in ascii-proposed due to a bug in pbuilder.
> Fail To Build From Source (said duckduckgo.com, the privacy-friendly engine)
>> I can send them privately to you: i386 or amd64?
>>
>>> Except, in the other email, which is some two days ago, the second
>>> line is:
>>> deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan ascii-proposed main
>>> and so I added that newer line, by you. I added it to, ah, here's the
>>> entire:
>> ...
>>> deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan ascii-proposed main
>>> I hope that is fine.
>> Yes you need that line for the latest version of sysvinit* and
>> initscripts (2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2)
> sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.9_amd64.deb is what I got from zap (see above)
>>
>>> Install which packages?
>> apt-get install sysvinit-core
>> apt-get install sysvinit-utils #Depends on util-linux see below
> I see.
>
>>> the web --for other readers, since more non-experts like me read this
>>> ML--:
>>> error processing package initscripts, because /lib/init/vars.sh
>>> missing
>>> https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20170706.105041.4bae37b7.en.htm
>>> l
>> If you don't have mixed versions, i.e. any newer version of utul-linux
> util-linux
>> than 2.28-1+devuan3 you don't have to worry.
> Got from zap:
> util-linux_2.29.2-1+devuan1_amd64.deb
> (hashed further above)
>
> $ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Devuan
> Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 2.0 (ascii)
> Release: 2.0
> Codename: ascii
> $
>
> And it's amd64, my arch.
>
>>> (quote created manually)
>>>> Regarding util-linux (2.29.2-1+devuan1) that version is needed in
>>>> order
>>>> to install sysvinit-utils (2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2) required by
>>>> initscripts (2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2) and
>>>> sysvinit-core (2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2) is needed if you want to try
>>>> openrc out.
>>>> In such case you need to enable ascii-proposed:
>>>> deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan ascii-proposed main
>>> I'm not sure I understand completely. But in bottom I'll give what I
>>> have
>>> installed...
>>>> NOTE: If you are on real HW, please make sure you can recover in
>>>> case
>>>> something goes wrong!!!
>>> I'll have to spend a few hours, as I'm rather meticulous, but I will
>>> be able to
>>> recover in case of failure.
>> Good :)
>>
>>> Is it still necessary to be sent these source files you mentioned
>>> above?
>> Yes, until it builds properly, see above.
>>
>>> # apt-cache policy initscripts
>>> # apt-cache policy sysvinit-core
>>> sysvinit-core:
>>> Installed: 2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2
>>> Candidate: 2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2
>> Here you should see:
>> apt-cache policy initscripts
>> initscripts:
>> Installed: 2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2
>> Candidate: 2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2
>> Version table:
>> *** 2.88dsf-59.9+devuan2 100
>> 100 http://packages.devuan.org/devuan ascii-proposed/main amd64
>> Packages
>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>> 2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2 500
>> 500 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged ascii/main amd64
>> Packages
>> and similar for sysvinit-core
>>
>>> Svante, pls. send me the packages if needed! Or zap, you can send
>>> them to me
>>> either. As soon as I get them, I'll confirm with a short notice to
>>> this ML.
>> See above: i386 or amd64?
>>
> amd64
>
> I hope I got all the ingredients now and all the instructions so that I can try
> and install OpenRC.
>
> And then I'll report back to the list.
>
> Regards!
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