Bug#305352: Subject: libtool: Dangling symlink while installing libtool
Package: libtool
Version: 1.4.2-4
Severity: normal
Tags: woody
I got the following in a (fresh, small) Debian stable chroot. Running
'apt-get install libtool' twice fixes the problem:
woodstock:/# apt-get install libtool
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
autotools-dev cpp cpp-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 libc6-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
autotools-dev cpp cpp-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 libc6-dev libtool
0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3829kB of archives. After unpacking 16.0MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main cpp-2.95 1:2.95.4-11woody1 [129kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main cpp 2:2.95.4-14 [3976B]
Get:3 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main gcc-2.95 1:2.95.4-11woody1 [952kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main gcc 2:2.95.4-14 [3420B]
Get:5 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main libc6-dev 2.2.5-11.8 [2391kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main autotools-dev 20020320.1 [46.3kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.belnet.be woody/main libtool 1.4.2-4 [302kB]
Fetched 3829kB in 2s (1800kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package cpp-2.95.
(Reading database ... 7371 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cpp-2.95 (from .../cpp-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package cpp.
Unpacking cpp (from .../cpp_2%3a2.95.4-14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc-2.95.
Unpacking gcc-2.95 (from .../gcc-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc.
Unpacking gcc (from .../gcc_2%3a2.95.4-14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libc6-dev.
Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package autotools-dev.
Unpacking autotools-dev (from .../autotools-dev_20020320.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtool.
Unpacking libtool (from .../libtool_1.4.2-4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libc6-dev (2.2.5-11.8) ...
Setting up autotools-dev (20020320.1) ...
Setting up cpp (2.95.4-14) ...
Setting up cpp-2.95 (2.95.4-11woody1) ...
Setting up gcc-2.95 (2.95.4-11woody1) ...
Setting up libtool (1.4.2-4) ...
Configuring libtool...
update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/man/man1/cc.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a
symlink to /etc/alternatives/cc.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing libtool (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up gcc (2.95.4-14) ...
mv: cannot stat `/usr/man/man1/cc.1.gz': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
libtool
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
woodstock:/#
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux woodstock 2.6.10-rc2 #3 Mon Nov 29 23:29:16 GMT 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages libtool depends on:
ii autotools-dev 20020320.1 Update infrastructure for
config.{
ii cpp 2:2.95.4-14 The GNU C preprocessor.
ii file 3.37-3.1.woody.1 Determines file type using
"magic"
ii gcc 2:2.95.4-14 The GNU C compiler.
ii gcc [c-compiler] 2:2.95.4-14 The GNU C compiler.
ii gcc-2.95 [c-compiler] 1:2.95.4-11woody1 The GNU C compiler.
ii libc6-dev 2.2.5-11.8 GNU C Library: Development
Librari
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.2.5-11.8 GNU C Library: Development
Librari
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