Hello Manoj, On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 06:26:04PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:50:04 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I tried it again using "sdiff" and it hung again, though I only let it > > hang for a few seconds. If you want to debug this, I can keep that > > state for a few days, or should I try "diff" instead? > > Do we know which version of ucf is installed at the time of the > failed upgrade? Old versions of ucf did not use debconf to display > results from the diff operations, but left it on the console/xterm.
ii ucf 3.007 Update Configuration File: preserve user cha I logged in via ssh from my local console via another machine ( local -> intermediate -> alpha). The local and intermediate machine run stable, the alpha (where the error occured) is running sid. The intermediate and alpha do not have X running and xterm is (should) not be present (should because it might by accident, I can check if necessary). I saw this particular debconf prompt for the first time, up to now I was always confronted with a text version (which worked fine as well). I cannot tell, if there is output on some other channel (VT, ..) as I do not have local access to the alpha. > That has been fixed in version 3.001, released on May 2007, but > the version in stable is 2.0020, which has that bug. Looks like I have a fixed version, then. If there is anything I can try (besides using "diff" instead of "sdiff") please tell me. Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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