Insserv: There is a loop between service foo and bar if started… Breaks aptitude

init.d

Does anyone know how to resolve these init errors that happen from the Cyberpower powerpanel for linux package?

Ref:
http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/management-software/ppl.html

I tried using nut instead, but it has issues, namely Debian bug 354429 that effectively disables syslog, and thus nut is not an option.

Ref: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354429


Output:

root@host:~# aptitude install foo

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  foo python-central{a}

The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:

  whois

0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Need to get 0 B/144 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,016 kB will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]

Selecting previously deselected package python-central.

(Reading database ... 16630 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking python-central (from .../python-central_0.6.16+nmu1_all.deb) ...

Selecting previously deselected package foo.

Unpacking foo (from .../foo_x.x.x-x_all.deb) ...

Processing triggers for man-db ...

Setting up python-central (0.6.16+nmu1) ...

Setting up foo (x.x.x-x) ...

insserv: warning: script 'K99pwrstatd' missing LSB tags and overrides

insserv: warning: script 'pwrstatd' missing LSB tags and overrides

insserv: There is a loop at service pwrstatd if started

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and mountnfs if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountnfs at depth 8

insserv:  loop involving service nfs-common at depth 7

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service pwrstatd and mountall if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountall at depth 4

insserv:  loop involving service checkfs at depth 3

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service mountnfs-bootclean at depth 10

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service networking at depth 6

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and udev if started

insserv:  loop involving service udev at depth 1

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and checkroot if started

insserv:  loop involving service checkroot at depth 2

insserv:  loop involving service keyboard-setup at depth 1

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop at service stop-bootlogd if started

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service kbd at depth 12

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service pwrstatd and mountoverflowtmp if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountoverflowtmp at depth 7

insserv:  loop involving service mountall-bootclean at depth 6

insserv:  loop involving service hwclockfirst at depth 2

insserv:  loop involving service hostname at depth 3

insserv:  loop involving service mtab at depth 5

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and ifupdown-clean if started

insserv:  loop involving service ifupdown-clean at depth 5

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and mdadm-raid if started

insserv:  loop involving service mdadm-raid at depth 3

insserv:  loop involving service mountkernfs at depth 1

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd andconfigured to not write apport 
reports therefore on system facility     `$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd 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 foo (--configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Processing triggers for python-central ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 foo

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

Setting up foo (x.x.x-x) ...

insserv: warning: script 'K99pwrstatd' missing LSB tags and overrides

insserv: warning: script 'pwrstatd' missing LSB tags and overrides

insserv: There is a loop at service pwrstatd if started

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and mountnfs if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountnfs at depth 8

insserv:  loop involving service nfs-common at depth 7

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service pwrstatd and mountall if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountall at depth 4

insserv:  loop involving service checkfs at depth 3

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service mountnfs-bootclean at depth 10

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service networking at depth 6

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and udev if started

insserv:  loop involving service udev at depth 1

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and checkroot if started

insserv:  loop involving service checkroot at depth 2

insserv:  loop involving service keyboard-setup at depth 1

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop at service stop-bootlogd if started

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv:  loop involving service kbd at depth 12

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service pwrstatd and mountoverflowtmp if started

insserv:  loop involving service mountoverflowtmp at depth 7

insserv:  loop involving service mountall-bootclean at depth 6

insserv:  loop involving service hwclockfirst at depth 2

insserv:  loop involving service hostname at depth 3

insserv:  loop involving service mtab at depth 5

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and ifupdown-clean if started

insserv:  loop involving service ifupdown-clean at depth 5

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: There is a loop between service stop-bootlogd and mdadm-raid if started

insserv:  loop involving service mdadm-raid at depth 3

insserv:  loop involving service mountkernfs at depth 1

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility 
`$all' which can not be true!

insserv: Starting pwrstatd depends on stop-bootlogd 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 foo (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Processing triggers for python-central ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 foo



root@host:~# dpkg -r powerpanel

(Reading database ... 16715 files and directories currently installed.)

Removing powerpanel ...

Stopping  pwrstatd 1.1.4.

uninstallation accomplish!

Processing triggers for man-db ...

root@host:~# aptitude install foo

The following partially installed packages will be configured:

  foo

No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.

0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

Setting up foo (x.x.x-x) ...

Processing triggers for python-central ...



root@host:~# dpkg -i powerpanel_1.1.4_amd64.deb

Selecting previously deselected package powerpanel.

(Reading database ... 16694 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking powerpanel (from powerpanel_1.1.4_amd64.deb) ...

Setting up powerpanel (1.1.4) ...

Starting pwrstatd 1.1.4.

Installation accomplish!



Processing triggers for man-db ...

root@host:~#

Best Answer

I put the following into /etc/init.d/pwrstatd:

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          pwrstatd
# Required-Start:    udev
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Start:
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: PowerPanel to monitor CyberPower UPS
### END INIT INFO

It seemed to make sense to make it rely on udev.

To verify that this works, if you have insserv and graphviz installed (this question is for Debian after all), run:

/usr/share/insserv/check-initd-order -g > boot.dot
dotty boot.dot