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Re: installation oddities



Previously Bob Hunter wrote:
> Setting up auctex (10.0g-4) ...
> install/auctex: Byte-compiling for emacs20... done.
> auctex.postinst: Debconf passed unknown value `auctex/doauto doesn't exist'.
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/auctex.postinst: [: too many arguments
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/auctex.postinst: [: too many arguments

Bug in auctex, file a bugreport if nobody has done that yet.

> (Reading database ... 96151 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace console-common 0.7 (using console-common_0.7.3_all.deb) 
> ...get(console-data/keymap/policy) said console-data/keymap/policy doesn't 
> exist at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 438, <STDIN> line 5.
> dpkg: error processing console-common_0.7.3_all.deb (--install):

Known bug I think.

> dpkg-deb: wait for tar failed: Function not implemented

Whee, you still hit a corrupted binary. I've heard a rumour things
work better if you compile dpkg with -O0 on powerpc.

> Stopping printer spooler: Process 3841 attached
> /etc/init.d/lprng: line 115:  3841 Illegal instruction     start-stop-daemon 
> --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE

Euhm, are you really sure your hardware is ok?

> Mozilla also has a bad look.  I enclose an image for it. Note: sources for
> mozilla 0.9.3 are out...

If you upgrade to X 4.1 you have to tweak fonts a bit iirc. At any rate
that is not a dpkg problem.

Wichert.

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