Frank Küster wrote: > Matt Brubeck wrote: >>> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> >> It looks like mkdir is getting called with an empty filename (in >> your preinst?). > > Yes, thank you. I found it out myself meanwhile. I am still puzzled why > I don't get a message from dpkg that the preinst script failed, like it > happens with the postinst or postrm.
See the last line that I quoted: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
