Re: xcommon does not configure

[Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>]

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Robert Ramiega wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 08:35:45AM +0200, Frank Petzold wrote:
> > Yesterday I updated xcommon, but it wouldn't configure. There seems to be a 
> > problem with update-alternatives (it foud a non-number as a priority).
>  I filled bug report sometime ago. It's problem with some tool that helps to
> build debian packages (i don't recall the name ATM). Fix is quite easy:
>  cd /var/lib/dpkg/info 
>  vi +12 xcontrib.postinst
> 
> and put a space between ''
> 
> after that You can dpkg --configure xcontrib

And do the same in /var/lib/dpkg/info/xcontrib.prerm (different line).

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
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