On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:20, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2004-03-25 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 04:24, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > That does not work: > > > * Because of the way debconf double-executes the config script set -x > > > set for the current shell is not used when actually running the > > > script. > > > * Editing /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.* is lost > > > when running 'dpkg --install', the interesting scripts (.config and > > > .postinst - one of these was failing) are overwritten and the > > > changes are lost before they are executed. > > > > > > Please install -7, *then* edit > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.(postinst|config) and afterwards > > > run dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86. > > > Okay here is the deal. It will NOT install. I have done as best I can to > > get everything right for your needs. > [...] > > duke:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg -i > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb > [...] > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--install): > > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 139 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb > > duke:~# COLUMNS=148 dpkg -l | grep xserver-xfree86 > > + COLUMNS=148 > > + dpkg -l > > + grep xserver-xfree86 > > iU xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-5 the > > XFree86 X server > [...] > > duke:~# dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 > [...] > > Now please edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserve... and invoke dpkg > --configure xserver-xfree86 again.
Script started on Thu Mar 25 11:24:58 2004 duke:~# head -23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst #!/bin/sh set -x # Debian xserver-xfree86 package post-installation script # Copyright 1998--2003 Branden Robinson. # Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. See the file # /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>. # Acknowlegements to Stephen Early, Mark Eichin, and Manoj Srivastava. # $Id: xserver-xfree86.postinst.in 1044 2004-02-16 17:40:33Z branden $ set -e # source debconf library . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule THIS_PACKAGE=xserver-xfree86 THIS_SCRIPT=postinst # $Id: shell-lib.sh 1124 2004-03-02 19:05:03Z branden $ SOURCE_VERSION=4.3.0-5 OFFICIAL_BUILD=yes duke:~# dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-5) ... + set -e + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' '' ']' ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst configure 4.3.0-5 dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-xfree86 duke:~# exit Script done on Thu Mar 25 11:26:12 2004 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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