Thanks for the reply... Indeed there was a problem with the runit package (2.1.2-5), which _should_ have created /etc/system/ as a link to (in my case) /etc/runit/runsvdir/current ... Upgrading to runit 2.1.2-6 clears this off. Regards --jmbvs Jean-Marc B. van Schendel email: jeanmarc.vanschendel@xxxxxxxxx voice: +32.(0)474.70.3885 msn: jmbvs@xxxxxxxxxxx On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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