Bug#1382: rcs not recognized by dpkg
Michael E. Deisher writes ("Bug#1382: rcs not recognized by dpkg"):
> On Wed, 20 Sep 1995 00:56:52 +0200, sr1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) said:
> > I cannot imagine that this is a problem of the rcs package.
> > It works for me :
> > Any ideas?
>
> Did you install it using dselect (0.93.75)? Did you try installing
> the cvs package afterward? On my deselect screen, the "configured"
> box for rcs is empty no matter what I do, even if I remove it and
> install it again. There are no errors during installation or
> configuration. However, when I install a package that depends on rcs,
> dpkg says that it cannot because rcs has not yet been configured.
I don't have any problems selecting or deselecting RCS and/or CVS in
dselect, and I can install rcs quite happily. I don't know what you
mean by the `"configured" box' being `empty' - there isn't a
`"configured" box'. There's a current installation status box (the I
column of HIOS), which always contains a non-blank character. In
0.93.75 and later you can use the `v' key to get a more verbose
display which explains things in words instead of funny characters.
Can you please show me a session transcript where you do
dpkg --install .../rcs.deb
dpkg --install .../cvs.deb
dpkg --status rcs cvs
?
I'm using dpkg 0.93.76, the latest, but there have been no changes in
this area that I'd expect to solve symptoms like yours.
Your rcs package isn't on hold is it ? If it were you'd get messages
from dpkg about it, and you could use dpkg --force-hold or the `G' key
in dselect.
Ian.
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