[H-GEN] debian update problems

[Scott Wilson]

Gavin,

This forum thread may give you some insights:

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=322587


On 21 April 2013 16:17, gavin duley <gavin at microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> Having problems updating packages on debian at the moment. I suspect the
> culprit is a cisco vpn package I installed earlier, from my university's
> website.
>
> Here's the errors:
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 384 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up initscripts (2.88dsf-41) ...
> insserv: warning: script 'S85vpnagentd_init' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'vpnagentd_init' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: There is a loop between service vpnagentd_init and rmnologin if
> started
> insserv:  loop involving service rmnologin at depth 17
> insserv:  loop involving service vpnagentd_init at depth 10
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: There is a loop between service vpnagentd_init and rmnologin if
> started
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vpnagentd_init depends on rmnologin and therefore on
> system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
> dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  initscripts
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I guess I could just uninstall the vpn client, as I don't use it that
> often. Might be slightly trickier than normal, though, as it was installed
> via a script supplied from cisco, rather than a .deb package. I guess I'd
> have to go through the script and try and figure out what it did.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> gavin,
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