On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:29:04AM +0200, Jean-Marc B. van Schendel wrote: > Symptoms: > On a fresh new install of Debian "Stretch" (8.5 alpha7, dated 2016-06-30), > Trying to install a subset of Git packages (roughly, all those listed > in git-all, except CVS-related packages) > Install of package git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) fails, dpkg > reporting error The git-daemon-run package is entirely a Debian creation, and has more to do with "runit" than it does with "git daemon" itself. In particular, your problem: > Assumed cause: > The directory /etc/service does not exist, and the install procedure > does not create it, subsequently fails to create a symlink (git-daemon > --> /etc/sv/git-daemon) looks like it's about the system runit setup. I didn't dig, but it's probably related to: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834087 -Peff