Comment 39 for bug 569757

From my colleague:

“start nis” didn’t produce any errors, so I re-ran the install with a set –x added to the script. It hit problems in invoke-rc.d, so I ran that standalone with set –x. Results:

# apt-get install nis
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nis is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up nis (3.17-32ubuntu2~oneiric1~ppa1) ...
+ set -e
+ umask 022
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! ]
+ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
+ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
+ [ ]
+ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/nis.postinst configure 3.17-32ubuntu1
+ set -e
+ umask 022
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! 1 ]
+ [ -z ]
+ exec
+ [ ]
+ exec
+ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
+ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_version 2.0
+ _db_cmd VERSION 2.0
+ IFS= printf %s\n VERSION 2.0
+ IFS=
 read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=2.0
+ return 0
+ cd /etc/init.d
+ [ -f nis ]
+ chmod 755 nis
+ install_defaults
+ [ ! -s /etc/default/nis ]
+ return 0
+ . /etc/default/nis
+ NISSERVER=false
+ NISCLIENT=true
+ YPPWDDIR=/etc
+ YPCHANGEOK=chsh
+ NISMASTER=
+ YPSERVARGS=
+ YPBINDARGS=-no-dbus
+ YPPASSWDDARGS=
+ YPXFRDARGS=
+ db_get nis/domain
+ _db_cmd GET nis/domain
+ IFS= printf %s\n GET nis/domain
+ IFS=
 read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=netapp.com
+ return 0
+ [ ######.com != ]
+ echo netapp.com
+ update-rc.d -f nis remove
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/nis ...
+ upstart_invoke_rcd start
+ action=start
+ invoke-rc.d --query nis start
dpkg: error processing nis (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 105
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nis
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

And from invoke-rc.d:

# invoke-rc.d --query nis start
+ RUNLEVELHELPER=/sbin/runlevel
+ POLICYHELPER=/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
+ INITDPREFIX=/etc/init.d/
+ RCDPREFIX=/etc/rc
+ BEQUIET=
+ MODE=
+ ACTION=
+ FALLBACK=
+ NOFALLBACK=
+ FORCE=
+ RETRY=
+ RETURNFAILURE=
+ RC=
+ set +e
+ test 3 -eq 0
+ state=I
+ test 3 -gt 0
+ test I != III
+ MODE=query
+ RETURNFAILURE=yes
+ shift
+ test 2 -gt 0
+ test I != III
+ verifyparameter nis
+ test 1 -eq 0
+ test 1 -ne 1
+ return
+ INITSCRIPTID=nis
+ state=II
+ shift
+ test 1 -gt 0
+ test II != III
+ verifyparameter start
+ test 1 -eq 0
+ test 1 -ne 1
+ return
+ ACTION=start
+ state=III
+ shift
+ test 0 -gt 0
+ test III != III
+ test ! -f /etc/init.d/nis
+ sed s/.*\ //
+ /sbin/runlevel
+ RL=2
+ test ! 0
+ test x2 = x0
+ test x2 = x6
+ test x2 = x0
+ test x2 = x6
+ test x2 != x
+ xargs
+ ls -d -Q /etc/rc2.d/S[0-9][0-9]nis
+ SLINK=
+ xargs
+ ls -d -Q /etc/rc2.d/K[0-9][0-9]nis
+ KLINK=
+ xargs
+ ls -d -Q /etc/rcS.d/S[0-9][0-9]nis
+ SSLINK=
+ verifyrclink
+ doexit=
+ test 0 -gt 0
+ test x != x
+ return 0
+ RC=
+ testexec
+ test 0 -gt 0
+ return 1
+ testexec
+ test 0 -gt 0
+ return 1
+ testexec
+ test 0 -gt 0
+ return 1
+ testexec /etc/init.d/nis
+ test 1 -gt 0
+ test -x /etc/init.d/nis
+ return 0
+ test x = x
+ test xquery = xquery
+ RC=105
+ querypolicy
+ policyaction=start
+ test x105 = x101
+ test x/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d != x
+ test -x /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
+ test x105 = x
+ return
+ test xquery != xquery
+ test xquery = xquery
+ exit 105