Jeremy Higgs wrote: JH> Ok, thanks to the help of some, I've configured a lot of the debian JH> package for RCf, but when I install (after running dpkg-buildpackage JH> and lintian), I get a whole lot of errors:
JH> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rcf-5.0.1# lintian -i rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.changes JH> warning: lintian's authors do not recommend running it with root privileges! JH> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rcf-5.0.1# dpkg -i rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb JH> (Reading database ... 47288 files and directories currently installed.) JH> Preparing to replace rcf 5.0.1-1 (using rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb) ... JH> /var/lib/dpkg/info/rcf.prerm: /etc/init.d/firewall: No such file or directory JH> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 JH> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... JH> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: /etc/init.d/firewall: No such file or directory JH> dpkg: error processing rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb (--install): JH> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 JH> update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/firewall: file does not exist JH> dpkg: error while cleaning up: JH> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 JH> Errors were encountered while processing: JH> rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb JH> --- JH> however, I am pretty sure that I've configured it properly!!! JH> If I use mc to browse through the .deb package, and then into the JH> contents, I can see a file called "firewall" in etc/init.d , which is JH> correct, but when I try and install, I get errors! JH> any ideas? JH> thankyou...! Your new package is not the problem, here. It seems that the old version of your package provided a broken prerm script. So, when dpkg try to uninstall it before installing the new version, it just crashes. What you could do is just modifying the /var/lib/dpkg/info/rcf.prerm file, in order to remove the bad lines, those who try to remove /etc/init.d/firewall. Or, maybe cleaner, just do a : echo -n "" > /etc/init.d/firewall which will create an empty firewall file, which will be deleted by dpkg. But, be quiet, that isn't a problem (again! :) with your new package, -- mmenal ____ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ __ / ___| ___ _ _ | | ( )_ __ _ ___ __ | | (o- \ \/ /(_)\ \/ / _ \ | | _ /'_ \| | | | | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | | /\ \ / | | \ / | __/ | |_| | | | | |_| | | |__| | | | | |_| |> < |_| L_/_ \/ |_| \/ \___| \_____|_| |_|\__,_/ |____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ (_) ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif