[SOLVED] Distribution upgrade Stretch to Buster fails

[Nachteule]

(5th Nov, 2019 07:44 AM)Roy Terhaar Wrote:  

(5th Nov, 2019 05:56 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  You have apache2 and dnsmasq installed

Code:

insserv: FATAL: service dnsmasq is missed in the runlevels 2 3 4 5 to use service apache2

That's causing the error.

Could you try

A) set package dnsmasq and apache2 on hold before running upgrade
sudo apt-mark hold apache2 && sudo apt-mark hold dnsmasq and try again

or

B) temporarly deinstall both packages, run the upgrade and reinstall them after upgrade has been done

Both options did not work out; in the end I am still ending up in the same error.
I checked in option B if dnsmasq or apache2 were still running or installed, but that was not the case.
So I don't understand that insserv is still checking upon apache2 and dnsmasq
I will call it a day for now and dig into it the day after tomorrow...

Yes indeed, it's very strange. Maybe there are some old links in the rc folders. Who knows

I'll see if I can find a Stetch installation which I can upgrade to Buster. So, if I still have one, I'll install dnsmasq and apache before upgrading and see what happens ...