Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
Frank K?ster 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

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
Matt Brubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Frank Küster wrote: > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb >> (--install): >> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit st

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
Frank K?ster wrote: > mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb > (--install): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 It looks like mkdir is getting called with

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
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

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
Matt Brubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Frank Küster wrote: > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb >> (--install): >> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit st

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
Frank Küster wrote: > mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb > (--install): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 It looks like mkdir is getting called with

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > The debugging options don't help much here I just found that I can get some more debugging information, but I don't get much wiser from that... # dpkg --debug=3133 --install /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb D10

Re: Debugging a strange dpkg error message

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > The debugging options don't help much here I just found that I can get some more debugging information, but I don't get much wiser from that... # dpkg --debug=3133 --install /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb D10