VHCS on Debian proftpd-mysql dependency problem
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by jorrizza
One of our machines runs VHCS with packages from apt.scunc.org. The VHCS package depends on proftpd-mysql. After the previous proftpd update proftpd started to create (partially) defunct processes and was eating system resources we needed for other purposes. Luckily the problem was fixed in the last proftpd update. Or wasn’t it?
We found out we couldn’t update our proftpd package because proftpd-mysql was kicked from the Debian repository. If proftpd-mysql was removed, VHCS would go with it. So here’s our solution to the problem: create our own bogus proftpd-mysql package. You can get it here. Just install it using dpkg -i proftpd-mysql_9.9.9-1_${ARCH}.deb. Hey, it’s dirty but it sure works!
Just wanted to thank you guys for solving the proftpd-mysql issue! Just awesome.
Thanks again!