Bug#225601: ugly error from dpkg -l on fresh install of libc
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 03:30:40PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-10
> Severity: minor
>
> From my debootstrap.log:
>
> (Reading database ... 220 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-10_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: libc6: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
> libc6 depends on libdb1-compat; however:
> Package libdb1-compat is not installed.
> Setting up libc6 (2.3.2.ds1-10) ...
> Current default timezone: 'UTC'.
> Local time is now: Mon Dec 29 01:30:58 UTC 2003.
> Universal Time is now: Mon Dec 29 01:30:58 UTC 2003.
> Run 'tzconfig' if you wish to change it.
> Package `sysvinit' 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.
>
> The last three lines are because libc6.postinst does a dpkg -l of sysvinit,
> which is not yet installed. Perhaps they could be sent to stderr to help
> clean up the debootstrap output a little bit?
They're already sent to stderr. In -11 they'll be sent to /dev/null
instead. Thanks!
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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