Bug#292000: installation of package version kdm_4%3a3.3.2-1_i386.deb fails with debconf error
Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.3.1-4
Severity: normal
On trying to install the latest version of kdm,
4%3a3.3.2-1_i386
the installation process fails with the following error messages
dpkg -i kdm_4%3a3.3.2-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 349744 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace kdm 4:3.3.1-4 (using kdm_4%3a3.3.2-1_i386.deb) ...
No such pseudo-hash field "name" at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm
line 35, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 1.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 255
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
No such pseudo-hash field "name" at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm
line 35, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 1.
dpkg: error processing kdm_4%3a3.3.2-1_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 255
No such pseudo-hash field "name" at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm
line 35, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 1.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
kdm_4%3a3.3.2-1_i386.deb
Is this due to an error in the kdm installation script or an error
in the debconf package?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.42 Debian configuration management sy
pn kdebase-bin Not found.
ii kdelibs4 4:3.3.2-1 KDE core libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgamin0 [libfam0c102] 0.0.12-1 Library for the gamin file and dir
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-7 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libidn11 0.5.2-3 GNU libidn library, implementation
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.3-8 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System event recording an
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
-- debconf-show failed
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