Suggested workaround is not failing. You simply hit another issue (issue with 'slib' or 'guile', I don't know).
After migration to guile-1.8 there is slib modules(?) catalogue missing ('slibcat' file), which probably should be created by some postinst scripts (either slib's or guile's). Workaround for this problem is to recreate this catalogue manually. Run (as root) 'slib' and invoke: (use-modules (ice-9 slib)) (require 'new-catalog) Similar issue was discussed for example in bug #328243 -- Jacek Politowski -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org