Bug#589963: preinst fails if awk is unpacked but not configured
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 06:38:41AM +0200, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:10:26PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > O: Selecting previously deselected package mawk.
> > O: dpkg: regarding .../mawk_1.3.3-15ubuntu2_amd64.deb containing mawk, pre-dependency problem:
> > O: mawk pre-depends on libc6 (>= 2.11~20100104-0ubuntu3)
> > O: libc6 is unpacked, but has never been configured.
> > O: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem!
> > O: Unpacking mawk (from .../mawk_1.3.3-15ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
> > P: Unpacking package mawk
> > D: Updating mawk to status 2
> > O: Selecting previously deselected package base-files.
> > O: dpkg: regarding .../base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20_amd64.deb containing base-files, pre-dependency problem:
> > O: base-files pre-depends on awk
> > O: mawk provides awk but is unpacked but not configured.
> > O: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem!
> > O: Unpacking base-files (from .../base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20_amd64.deb) ...
> > P: Unpacking package base-files
> > D: Updating base-files to status 2
> Only because it's a cdebootstrap bug. Unless you see something that causes
> initramfs-tools to be pulled into the essential set (which I do not), this
> is a cdebootstrap bug for not fulfilling the pre-depends of the essential
> packages before continuing.
You should know better, awk is not essential. Also essential means that
it have to work _without_ being configured.
Bastian
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