Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Julien Cristau, 31.05.2009 21:05: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:55:09 +0200, Bram Senders wrote: > >> File: `/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz' >> Size: 10 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file >> Device:

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:55:09 +0200, Bram Senders wrote: > File: `/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz' > Size: 10Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file > Device: 304h/772d Inode: 353989 Links: 1 > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (0/root

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Raphael Hertzog, 31.05.2009 10:47: > On Thu, 28 May 2009, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Here’s the output: >> >>> File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ > > That's not the good file. I asked for > /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-termin

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Here’s the output: > > > File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ That's not the good file. I asked for /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz. (Hence the rest of the mail is useless, we know the x-terminal-emulator alter

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Raphael Hertzog, 28.05.2009 09:21: > What is the timestamp of this file ? Here’s the output: > File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ > Size: 501 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 reguläre Datei > Device: 306h/774

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Bram Senders
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:21:17AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2009, Bram Senders wrote: > > There is also an x-terminal-emulator.1.gz file in > > /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, which is not a gzipped file at all, but just > > contains the contents: > > > > --- 8< --- > > manual >

Processed: Re: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 530633 xterm Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package Bug#530643: update-alternatives b0rkage? Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `xterm'. > retitle 530633 xterm should cleanup improper master alternative >

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Julien Cristau, 27.05.2009 11:15: > What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator? Here’s the content: > auto > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > x-terminal-emulator.1.gz > /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz > > /u

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > > > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > > > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > > > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master a

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > > > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > > > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > > > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master a

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Bram Senders
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator? > Is there any mention of x-terminal-emulator.1.gz in another file in that > directory? What version of dpkg are you using? This bug bit me as well, so here's my

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative. > > dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure): > > subproces

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-26 Thread Mathias Brodala
Package: xterm Version: 243-1 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Upgrading xterm yields the following error: > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alter