dirinstall on ubuntu 12.04; fai-divert -a /sbin/initctl

[andrew bezella]

hello -

i've been starting down the migration path from one lts release to
another and trying out vm installs using fai 3.4.8ubuntu2 on precise
hosts.  the vms (ganeti-managed) are built using fai dirinstall.

it appears that upstart in precise behaves differently than lucid with
respect to chroots (looks like it started supporting chroot "sessions"
in natty).  in my testing this caused problems with both lucid and
precise guests.  when performing a lucid dirinstall i ended up w/atd and
acpid processes running outside the chroot.  with a precise dirinstall
init complained that it had had its "Configuration directory
deleted" (referencing the path to the chroot) and was left in a somewhat
confused state, logging errs like: 
init: Failed to spawn network-interface (tap0) pre-start process: unable to execute: No such file or directory
on vm bring-up. 

my workaround for this was to add a hook to updatebase containing: 
fai-divert -a /sbin/initctl

i was wondering if others have encountered this, whether there's a
better workaround, and/or if initctl should be added to the list of
automatic diversions in updatebase?

thanks...

andy

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