Re: Problem with the new xlibs deb

2005-09-11 Thread Joey Hess
Andrej Prsa wrote: > Thanks for the reply; my question was actually how to "just fix the > postinst". I managed to do it though and I'm posting it here for anyone > else who might be interested: You took the long way round. vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/package.postinst dpkg --configure -a -- see shy j

Re: Problem with the new xlibs deb

2005-09-11 Thread Andrej Prsa
Hi, > > I took a look at the debian/postinst file and indeed there is a > > trivial naming mismatch (remove_conffile_with_symlink_rollback > > instead of replace_conffile_with_symlink_rollback). Is there a way > > to extract the binary package, fix the problem and repackage it > > without the huss

Re: Problem with the new xlibs deb

2005-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Andrej Prsa wrote: > when updating xlibs to 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_all.deb on debian testing box, > aptitude fails with the following message: > > dpkg: error > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_all.deb > (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit > status 1 /

Problem with the new xlibs deb

2005-09-10 Thread Andrej Prsa
Hi, when updating xlibs to 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_all.deb on debian testing box, aptitude fails with the following message: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: