* Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:52:54PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > I have trouble installing diald. It fails to run the post-installation > > script. > > > > here is some output: > > > > Arwen:~# dpkg --configure diald > > Setting up diald (0.99.4-2.1) ... > > dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > diald > > Arwen:~# > > > > Is there a flaw in the package? Or is there some flaw on my system? > > No, it's a bug in the package (see http://bugs.debian.org/76449). I > promised ages ago to do a non-maintainer upload to fix this, but forgot; [ snip] > Stig: in the meantime, edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.config, look for > lines starting with 'db_input', and make sure they all end with '|| > true'. Then run 'dpkg --configure diald' again.
Ah, thanks. You are my hero of the day :P Stig -- www.brautaset.org
