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Bug#589963: preinst fails if awk is unpacked but not configured



clone 589963 -1
reassign -1 cdebootstrap
severity 589963 minor
severity -1 important
thanks

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

> While this could be blamed on cdebootstrap

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.

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