Bug#229461: libc6 - fails to install - uses awk in preinst
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 12:58:19AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11
> Severity: grave
Seems out of order: it's not broken for everyone.
> libc6 failes to install:
>
> | Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-11_i386.deb) ...
> | /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 1: awk: command not found
> | dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-11_i386.deb (--unpack):
> | subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
>
> awk is provided by mawk which is not essential.
Santiago Vila has said a number of times in the past that awk is a
virtual essential package: you have to have one implementation of it,
even though neither is itself essential, and packages are allowed to
assume its existence. The base-files dependency on awk mentioned by Jeff
implements this.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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