11343 2017-04-12 16:34:40 +0000 Wrong execution order of PACKAGESPLITFUNCS 2017-11-16 16:29:26 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime Meta-yocto meta-yocto 2.1.3 All Multiple RESOLVED DUPLICATE 10944 Medium normal 2.5 1 oleksandr.poznyak ross.burton juro.bystricky oleksandr.poznyak poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 72390 0 oleksandr.poznyak 2017-04-12 16:34:40 +0000 Current order of PACKAGESPLITFUNCS is: populate_packages_updatercd populate_packages_updatealternatives systemd_populate_packages package_do_split_locales populate_packages As You see populate_packages_updatercd is executed before populate_packages_updatealternatives. As a result we might have following content of DEB package postinst script: #!/bin/sh if type update-rc.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then if [ -n "$D" ]; then OPT="-r $D" else OPT="-s" fi update-rc.d $OPT syslog start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 90 0 1 6 . fi update-alternatives --install /etc/init.d/syslog syslog-init /etc/init.d/syslog.syslog-ng 200 update-rc.d will fail in case of absence of syslog target. But syslog target is created after update-rc.d execution. As You see, update-alternatives should be called BEFORE update-rc.d call. So at the end we should have this order of PACKAGESPLITFUNCS: populate_packages_updatealternatives populate_packages_updatercd systemd_populate_packages package_do_split_locales populate_packages 78258 1 ross.burton 2017-11-16 16:29:26 +0000 update-alternatives and update-rcd just don't play nicely together, luckily for this example there's an existing bug which has patches. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 10944 ***