Hi,
> Package: libpng12-0
> Version: 1.2.50-2+deb8u3
> Severity: grave
> Tags: a11y d-i
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> dpkg says while trying to install:
> file /usr/lib/x86_64-gnu-linux/libpng12-0.so.0 can not be installed, file or
> directory not found
> and the installation is aborted
> unpacking the deb-archiv is possible and in the package is that file in
> question as a symlink to /lib/x86_64-gnu-linux/libpng12.so.0,
> which is a symlink to /lib/x86_64-gnu-linux/libpng12.so.0.50.0
>
I could not reproduce this problem.
Could you tell me the environment you have run?
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root@hoge:/# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 8 \n \l
root@hoge:/# LANG=C apt-get install libpng12-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpng12-0
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/173 kB of archives.
After this operation, 273 kB of additional disk space will be used.
E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - posix_openpt (19: No such device)
Selecting previously unselected package libpng12-0:amd64.
(Reading database ... 9757 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpng12-0:amd64 (1.2.50-2+deb8u3) ...
Setting up libpng12-0:amd64 (1.2.50-2+deb8u3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
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Best regards,
Nobuhiro
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
iwamatsu at {nigauri.org / debian.org}
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