Hello everyone,
I am currently testing the FOG Project working-1.6 branch on a fresh installation of Debian 13 (Trixie) and encountered a fatal error during the installation script. I wanted to share the bug and a proposed fix.
The Issue
During the package installation phase, the installer fails with the following error:
Installing package: sysv-rc-conf............................Failed! (Will try later)
...
sysv-rc-conf:amd64=0.99-10 is selected for install
sysv-rc-conf:amd64 Depends on sysvinit-core
Because Debian 13 uses systemd, trying to install sysv-rc-conf forces the package manager to attempt installing sysvinit-core, which conflicts directly with systemd-sysv. The OS prevents this to avoid breaking the system, causing the FOG installation to halt.
The Cause
In /lib/ubuntu/config.sh, the variable sysvrcconf is hardcoded for all Debian versions:
bash
if [[ $linuxReleaseName_lower == +(*bian*) ]]; then
sysvrcconf="sysv-rc-conf"
Proposed Fix
Since sysv-rc-conf is completely obsolete on modern Debian systems, we should exclude it for Debian 13 (and newer). I modified /lib/ubuntu/config.sh on my machine as follows, which allowed the installation to finish successfully:
if [[ $linuxReleaseName_lower == +(*bian*) ]]; then
# Exclude sysv-rc-conf for Debian 13 and newer
if [[ "$OSVersion" -ge 13 ]] 2>/dev/null; then
sysvrcconf=""
else
sysvrcconf="sysv-rc-conf"
fi
elif [[ $linuxReleaseName_lower == +(*ubuntu*|*mint*) ]]; then
I hope this helps anyone else trying to deploy FOG on the upcoming Debian releases, and perhaps this check could be merged into the repository for future compatibility.
Thanks for all the great work on FOG!