On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtu...@vianet.ca> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 09:13:47PM -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: >> On Monday 01 June 2009 08:53:19 pm Jude DaShiell wrote: >> > Script started on Mon Jun 1 20:50:14 2009 >> > localhost:~# aptitude install ed >> > ... >> > update-alternatives: error: alternative path /bin/ed doesn't exist. >> > dpkg: error processing ed (--configure): >> > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status >> > 2 Errors were encountered while processing: >> > ed >> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> I got the same error here. I fixed it by creating a symlink from /usr/bin/ed >> to /bin/ and that cleared it up. I'd imagine it's a bug in the package. >
thank you, I solved it by this way. > Considering that the main use of ed is either for scripted editing or > for editing when ncurses (or gui) isn't working, the bug is probably > having it in /usr/bin instead of /bin. In Lenny, its in /bin (at least > on my box). I would argue that another bug is that its not statically > linked but Debian doesn't seem to worry about having basic stuff static > and refer people to a live CD for system rescue. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- 不苦不樂正念正智 Gnu.Linux.(Debian|gNewSense).Gnome.(Mozilla|Gmail|Evolution|Scim|Flashplayer) Microsoft.Windows.(Vista|XP).(QQ|Game|Notepad++) Gcc.Gtkmm.Opengl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
