On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, markus schnalke wrote: > Hoi, > > during the installation of `geda' on sid, I received following output: > > [...] > Setting up gawk (1:3.1.6.dfsg-3) ... > update-alternatives: error: alternative nawk can't be slave of awk: it is a > master alternative. [...] > > Anyone who can help me / fix the gawk package / knows what the problem > is ...?
Yes, "rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/nawk". The history of package ugprades has left cruft that confuse update-alternatives (which is now more strict that it used to be). I'll push the same work-around in dpkg's preinst as I did for other packages in the same case. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
