Re: base-passwd in sid
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 12:30:44AM -0500, Joey O'Doherty wrote:
> Hello,
>
> (I'm not entirely sure if this is the right forum for this problem so
> please let me know where to take this if I am off-topic.)
>
> The package base-passwd in sid has refused to install on my box for the
> past few weeks. Here is the output from apt-get:
>
> --cut--
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Setting up base-passwd (3.4.3) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-passwd.postinst: line 1: tempfile: command not
> found
> dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> base-passwd
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> --cut--
>
> I've checked the contents of the base-passwd.postinst file but I didn't
> see anything obviously amiss.
tempfile: command not found?
Did you manage to uninstall the package debianutils? It's an essential
package, so that would take some effort. I can't imagine you could go
several weeks without noticing it missing, though.
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