Bug#2061: xbase-3.1.2-5 fails install on 0.93R6 system
On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Bill Mitchell wrote:
> Package: xbase
> Version: 3.1.2
> Package_Revision: 5
>
> Installation of this package fails in preinst on a newly-installed
> 0.93R6 system because /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 do not exist.
> The patch below corrects this problem. However, with this patch
> installed, the package goes on to fail installation as follows:
>
> Script started on Thu Dec 21 17:32:13 1995
> root:x11# dpkg --install xbasewtm.deb
> (Reading database ... 12018 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking xbase (from xbasewtm.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing xbasewtm.deb (--install):
> unpick of dpkg-deb tar output failed (-1) for unknown reason: No such file or directory
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> xbasewtm.deb
> root:x11# exit
> Script done on Thu Dec 21 17:33:04 1995
Are you sure that you have an uncorrupted copy of the package? Check its
md5sum against the original announcement. The 'No such file or directory'
error is generally only seen when the package file is corrupt.
> ! if [ -e /usr/bin/X11 -a ! -L /usr/bin/X11 ]
Noted - this is a bug, but is unrelated to the problem described above. I
presume that you had not previously installed any X packages on this
0.93R6 system; this is a situation that I was not easily able to test.
Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk
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