Comment 16 for bug 245728

I can confirm that after applying the -proposed update the issue gets fixed in Ubuntu Precise:

$ stop runsvdir
runsvdir stop/waiting
root@quantal-i386:/etc/service/test# cat /test
finish

Also the errors from postinst: grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory disappeared at the installation stage.

$ apt-cache policy runit
runit:
  Installed: 2.1.1-6.2ubuntu2.1
  Candidate: 2.1.1-6.2ubuntu2.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.1-6.2ubuntu2.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.1.1-6.2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages