Bug#54652: base-config: non-descript error, refusal to install
Package: base-config
Version: 0.02
Severity: important
This package is RC according to the changelog.
Sheesh, not only does it not tell what's wrong, but it blasts away the
packages files again afterwards.
# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
bash gnu-standards
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up base-config (0.02) ...
dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
base-config
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
phoenix:/var/cache/apt/archives#
# apt-get update
<snip>
Get:68 http://http.us.debian.org potato/contrib Sources [14.2kB]
Ign http://http.us.debian.org potato/contrib Release
Get:69 http://http.us.debian.org potato/non-free Sources [32.0kB]
Ign http://http.us.debian.org potato/non-free Release
Fetched 1444kB in 4m23s (5489B/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
#
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux phoenix 2.2.14 #1 Thu Jan 6 01:44:28 UTC 2000 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages base-config depends on:
ii apt 0.3.15 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii debconf 0.2.69 Debian configuration management system
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