Comment 37 for bug 1448164

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Gerardo Gomez (clonehazard) wrote : Re: [Bug 1448164] Re: runit cannot be installed (Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused)

Thanks for the update.

El vie., 5 mar. 2021 21:04, Matheus Bruhns Bastos <
<email address hidden>> escribió:

> On 16.04 I still had this issue, even after following the uninstall-
> purge-autoremove-install (git-all, git and runit). Followed what
> @JCD(jchd) mentioned and it worked out.
>
> Solution:
> - $ sudo apt install runit # should return error
> - In file /var/lib/dpkg/info/runit.postinst, comment lines
> if [ -x /sbin/start ]; then #provided by upstart
> /sbin/start runsvdir
> fi
> - Save and quit
> - Finish runit installation: $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> - Uncomment previously commented lines
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448164
>
> Title:
> runit cannot be installed (Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to
> connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused)
>
> Status in xpl-perl:
> New
> Status in runit package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in runit source package in Xenial:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> In Ubuntu 15.04 "runit" cannot be installed. postinst fails with the
> following message:
>
> start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket
> /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
>
> Due to this error, packages depending on runit, like git-daemon-run,
> cannot be installed as well.
>
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