corrupt debconf database?
I posted this problem about 2 months ago on debian-user and didn't get
too far. I figure there will be more people who understand debconf on
this list that may be able to help me.
It seems that the debconf setup on my desktop has gotten into a state
where it doesn't read in templates properly. About 20 packages on my
machine fail with status 10 while trying to upgrade. Below is the
output of my trying to install cvs with DEBCONF_DEBUG set to
"developer". Note how it can't find any of the questions it's defined
in its templates file. I've noticed similar output while trying to
install or upgrade ssh.
How messed up is my debconf setup? is there anything I can do to fix it?
I am running Woody. debconf is at version 1.0.32
thanks,
Tim
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danjah:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg -i cvs_1.11.1p1debian-8_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 66577 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cvs 1.11.1p1debian-8 (using cvs_1.11.1p1debian-8_i386.deb) ...
Document `cvs-doc-client' is not installed, cannot remove.
Document `cvs-doc' is not installed, cannot remove.
Unpacking replacement cvs ...
Setting up cvs (1.11.1p1debian-8) ...
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is cvs
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/cvs.config configure
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium cvs/repositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 "cvs/repositories" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/repositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/repositories doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST cvs/badrepositories badreps cvs/repositories doesn't exist
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/badrepositories doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium cvs/badrepositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 "cvs/badrepositories" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/badrepositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/badrepositories doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/repositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/repositories doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low cvs/rotatehistory
debconf (developer): --> 10 "cvs/rotatehistory" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/rotatehistory
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/rotatehistory doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- SET cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault no
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- FSET cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault isdefault true
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/rotatekeep_nondefault doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium cvs/pserver
debconf (developer): --> 10 "cvs/pserver" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/pserver
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/pserver doesn't exist
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/cvs.postinst configure
debconf (developer): <-- GET cvs/badrepositories
debconf (developer): --> 10 cvs/badrepositories doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing cvs (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
cvs
danjah:~#
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