[2009-06-19 17:38] Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, markus schnalke wrote: > > > > 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).
This solved it, thanks. My bug against gawk was a too fast action. I'll care for closing it. meillo
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