Peter Nome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On a woody base install, I'm getting lots of post-installation script errors, like > this: > > # dpkg -i sed_3.02-8_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 6623 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace sed 3.02-8 (using sed_3.02-8_i386.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.prerm: line 9: 653 Segmentation fault install-info > --quiet --remove sed [...] > > If I comment out the line starting "install-info" in > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.postinst I can complete the configuration with > apt-get --reinstall install sed (or sometimes dpkg --configure > sed). However, I get this on lots of packages. What's going on?
It seems your install-info is broken. Have you tried to reinstall it (it's in the dpkg package)? > Strace below. That doesn't help much. Either you instruct strace to also look at subprocesses, or you trace a manual call of install-info. Bye, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
