Bug#4584: dpkg install (fwd)
Juergen Menden wrote:
:
: Package: dpkg
: Version: 1.3.14
:
: dpkg-s postinst tries to cd in that directories
: to look for old links. this fails when these dirs
: are not existent.
:
: solution: add
: [ -d /etc/rc0.d ] || ( rm -f /etc/rc0.d; mkdir /etc/rc0.d)
: in front of the
: cd /etc/rc0.d
: lines in postinst (actual changes might need some editing
: due to the loop)
:
...
: Setting up dpkg (1.3.14) ...
: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst[111]: cd: /etc/rc0.d - Not a directory
: dpkg: error processing dpkg (--install):
Is the creation of the rc?.d directories not done in some of the
required packages?
(Ok, dpkg shouldn't break on missing rc?.d, but isn't it a seriously
damaged system, if theses dirs are misssing, is it?)
Heiko
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