Bug#323937: base-config: Syntax error in postinst script

[Anders Breindahl <skrewz@skrewz.dk>]

Package: base-config
Version: 2.70
Severity: important


As the subject. This version's postinst script caused apt-get to halt:

#  apt-get install base-config
[...]
Setting up base-config (2.70) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
unexpected token `db_fset'
dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

The problem is the escaping of a newline caracter in line 57 of the
mentioned file. Once removed, the package installs cleanly.

This is my first bug report, and although I am pretty sure I'm doing the
right thing, be gentle on me. :)

Regards, Anders Breindahl.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2
Locale: LANG=en_DK, LC_CTYPE=en_DK (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.67             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apt                     0.6.40.1         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  bsdutils                1:2.12p-6        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  console-data            2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii  console-tools           1:0.2.3dbs-56    Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf                 1.4.57           Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils             2.14.2           Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  gettext-base            0.14.5-2         GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-39       change and administer password and

base-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded