Florian Lohoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Once in a while i have the problem that installation fails on etch with > the following message. "Re-Preseeding" does not help, i need to purge > and reinstall the package:
[snip] > Setting up cfengine2 (2.1.20-1) ... > Wacky RET: '' > Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]... [snip] > ++ _db_cmd 'GET cfengine2/run_cfservd' > ++ IFS=' ' > ++ printf '%s\n' 'GET cfengine2/run_cfservd' > ++ IFS=' > ' > ++ read -r _db_internal_line > ++ RET= > ++ case ${_db_internal_line%%[ ]*} in > ++ return 0 > ++ case "$RET" in > ++ echo 'Wacky RET: '\'''\''' > Wacky RET: '' > ++ return 1 Here is the problem. db_get tries to fetch the cfengine2/run_cfservd debconf template, which seems to return an empty string. Do you have any of these systems available? And in that case, can you run debconf-show cfengine2 on of of them, to see if the debconf template 'cfengine2/run_cfservd' really is empty? - Werner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]