Bug#347355: unable to install tetex-extra, preinst failure

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

severity 347355 important
found 347355 3.0-11
stop

Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> wrote:

> Package: tetex-extra
> Version: 1.0.2+20021025-7
> Severity: grave
>
> Hello,
>
> I cannot install tetex-extra because its preinst shows weird md5sum
> problems (see below). I have been told that may be caused by obsolete coreutils,
> however this is a up-to-date Sid system (installed with Slink or so and
> dist-upgraded from then). Tetex-extra may have been installed and then
> deinstalled in the past, I don't remember.

Obviously it had its conffiles on the system, since the reported version
of tetex-extra is from oldstable (woody).  Although this case does not
by the letter fall under the "we don't support upgrades from n to >=n+2",
I think the case is really rare, and doesn't warrant a grave severity.

> Unpacking tetex-extra (from .../tetex-extra_3.0-11_all.deb) ...
> /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ams: md5sum not known. Exiting
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-11_all.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

I'll add the woody md5sum of this file and its sisters to the
known-md5sums list.

The workaround would be to purge tetex-extra.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer