Bug#169752: libc6.postinst script has a little bug

[Carlos O'Donell <carlos@baldric.uwo.ca>]

Patch was posted yesterday and the bug is fixed in -5.

c.

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:56:11PM +0100, Ferdinand Smit wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.1-4
> 
> The upgrade op libc6 gives the folowing errors:
> 
> Setting up libc6 (2.3.1-4) ...
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...Package `smail' is not 
> installed and no info is available.
> Package `ssh-nonfree' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `postfix-tls' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `slapd' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `logind' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `ssh-krb5' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `apache2' is not installed and no info is available.
> Package `courier-authdaemon' is not installed and no info is available.
> Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
> and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
> sed: can't read exim: No such file or directory
> sed: can't read ssh: No such file or directory
> sed: can't read netbase: No such file or directory
> sed: can't read cron: No such file or directory
> sed: can't read snmpd: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
>  locales depends on glibc-2.3.1-4; however:
>   Package glibc-2.3.1-4 is not installed.
>   Package libc6 which provides glibc-2.3.1-4 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libc6
>  locales
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
> ----
> The problem is a little typo/bug in the libc6.postinst.
> See the attachement for a patch.
> 
> Yours,
> Ferdinand Smit