Package: desktop-base Version: 5.0.3 Hi,
on a MEPIS 8.5 (lenny) system, I get: Setting up desktop-base (5.0.3) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/share/images/desktop-base/debblue-1600x1200.png doesn't exist. dpkg: error processing desktop-base (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: desktop-base This seems to be because according to #500377 , debblue got moved into gdm-themes which I don't actually have installed here (XFCE / kdm combo). Testing whether gdm-themes install will fix it... [12.6MBs of super-dozen dependencies installing] ...no, that did not fix that configuration failure. Reviewing #500377 makes it obvious that that report was about a gdm-themes-side _symlink_ only, it does not actually provide that file. IOW, we have a quite problematic dependency issue, and .postinst simply needs to be fixed to not refer to debblue any more (most likely a step that has been forgotten during the debblue file's package relocation). Manually removing the reference lines from .postinst makes postinst complete successfully. These were the lines debblue , debian-background.svg , bluedeb-1024x768 , Debian.jpg , Splash-debblue.png , Splash-Debian , Splash-Debian_red . This issue should hopefully be reproducible by: - (perhaps running Lenny? [ouch]) - making sure that gdm-themes is removed from the system - apt-get install --reinstall desktop-base Thanks, Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
