Bug#393271: statoverride warning not useful
Hi,
I probably did what you suggested - uninstalled and reinstalled. Or I
did something else. Anyway, it works now. I don't recall having to do anything
weird with apt. I'm pretty sure hplip finished configuring.
I still think the error message could be improved.
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:00:38AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> > Package: hplip
> > Version: 1.6.7-2
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > When I run /etc/init.d/hplip, it says
> >
> > You are missing a dpkg-statoverride on /var/run/hplip. Fix it, otherwise you risk silent breakage on upgrades.
> >
> > I think that the warning would be much more useful if it explained
>
> It would, but it is there so that I get bug reports instead of leaving
> people wondering what is broken. Anyway, how did you break the package
> enough that it gave you that warning? Do you recall if you had to do
> anything weird in the last apt runs? Did hplip finish configuring properly?
>
> Anyway, the fix is simple: remove hplip and install it again. It will fix
> itself, as long as your system is in good shape enough for dpkg to work.
>
> > pn python <none> (no description available)
> > pn python-qt3 <none> (no description available)
> > pn python-support <none> (no description available)
>
> You are doing something weird when installing packages. What?
>
> > Versions of packages hplip recommends:
> > pn hpijs <none> (no description available)
> > pn hpijs-ppds | linuxprinting.or <none> (no description available)
>
> You also need the above packages unless you *really* know better.
>
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> Henrique Holschuh
>
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