Package: debconf Version: 1.4.43 Severity: normal After an apt-get dist-upgrade, I got weird errors: # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: libusb-0.1-4 The following packages will be upgraded: gnupg 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1835kB of archives. After unpacking 12.3kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.nl unstable/main libusb-0.1-4 1:0.1.8-17 [19.5kB] Get:2 ftp://ftp.debian.nl unstable/main gnupg 1.4.0-1 [1815kB] Fetched 1835kB in 2s (915kB/s) String found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96, near "die sprintf(gettext("" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 94) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96, near "die sprintf(gettext("debconf" (Do you need to predeclare die?) Unquoted string "debconf" may clash with future reserved word at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96. String found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 103, near "gettext("" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 96) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 104, near "$package, $confmodule" (Might be a runaway multi-line ff string starting on line 103) (Missing operator before dule?) Unquoted string "dule" may clash with future reserved word at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 104. syntax error at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96, near "die sprintf(gettext("" Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 108, at end of line syntax error at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 108, near "}" Execution of /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure aborted due to compilation errors. Selecting previously deselected package libusb-0.1-4. (Reading database ... 29664 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libusb-0.1-4 (from .../libusb-0.1-4_1%3a0.1.8-17_i386.deb) ... Preparing to replace gnupg 1.2.5-3 (using .../gnupg_1.4.0-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gnupg ... Setting up libusb-0.1-4 (0.1.8-17) ... Setting up gnupg (1.4.0-1) ... debian:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii debconf-i18n 1.4.43 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.8.4-6 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis -- debconf information: * debconf/frontend: Dialog * debconf/priority: medium -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]