Bug#413090: mldonkey-server (2.8.1-2etch1): fails to configure (on upgrade)

[Ramin Torabi <webmaster@torabi.de>]

Subject: mldonkey-server: fails to configure (on upgrade)
Package: mldonkey-server
Version: 2.8.1-2etch1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages mldonkey-server depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.102          Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.11         Debian configuration 
management sy
ii  dpkg                      1.13.25        package maintenance system 
for Deb
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.3-6        high-quality block-sorting 
file co
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-11   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.1.1-21     GCC support library
ii  libgd2-noxpm              2.0.33-5.2     GD Graphics Library version 2 
(wit
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6                4.1.1-21       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  mime-support              3.39-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 
'mailcap
ii  ucf                       2.0018.1       Update Configuration File: 
preserv
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-13     compression library - runtime

mldonkey-server recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* mldonkey-server/max_hard_download_rate:
* mldonkey-server/launch_at_startup: true
  mldonkey-server/config_exist_no_options:
  mldonkey-server/max_alive: 48
  mldonkey-server/run_as_user: mldonkey
* mldonkey-server/plugin: Directconnect, Opennap, Overnet, Soulseek, 
Bittorent, Gnutella
  mldonkey-server/reown_file: false
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_group: mldonkey
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_niceness:
  mldonkey-server/config_exist_no_dir:
  mldonkey-server/false_password:
  mldonkey-server/fasttrack_problem:
  mldonkey-server/shared_directories: share
* mldonkey-server/mldonkey_dir: /var/lib/mldonkey
* mldonkey-server/client_name: nostalgic-art.net
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_move: false
* mldonkey-server/max_hard_upload_rate:
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_umask: 0022


The error message looks like:
[...]
Setting up mldonkey-server (2.8.1-2etch1) ...
Unable to parse option to set.
Last word seen: =
Position: 278-279
Fatal error: exception Parsing.Parse_error
dpkg: error processing mldonkey-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mldonkey-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)