Re: postinst problems updating ssh in debian 2.2r6
Hi:
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> Douglas Guptill <guptilld@accesswave.ca> writes:
>
> > postinst for that latest ssh runs ssh-keygen with -t option.
> > ssh-keygen (at least the one I have) does not seem to support that option.
>
> the postinst should run the ssh-keygen from the new package, so I'm
> now quite sure why this isn't working.
>
> What happens (i.e. post the output to the list, not to me) if you do
> dpkg -i on the new ssh package?
Sorry, I guess I didn't give much information.
Here is my sources.list, a record of the dselect session, and dpkg -i output
(which appears to be much the same as the dselect session)
---------------------- begin /etc/apt/sources.list -----------------------------
# Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
# your mirror contains.
# deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# the main distribution............................
# have changed "stable" to "potato" as the release of "woody" approaches.
# deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
# non-US ...........................
# from http://www.debian.org/misc/README.non-US (2002jan12)
# deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# but I want to specify the release, so change "stable" to "potato"
# deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
# instructions for upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2 say to put this in...
# deb http://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
# canadian mirrors
# http://mirror.direct.ca/linux/debian-non-US/
# http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/non-US/
# http://debian.oanet.com/debian-non-US/
# http://debian.pipcom.com/debian-non-US/
# security ..............................
# not sure about these next two lines...
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free
# this from a debian e-mail...so the line above should be ok
# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
# this used to work, but now (Jun 2002) produces 404 errors
# deb http://security.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
# For the ArgoUML package...................
deb http://debian.sente.pl ./
---------------------- end /etc/apt/sources.list ---------------------------
---------------------- begin dselect output --------------------
u181n87:~# dselect
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ssh ssh-askpass-gnome
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/677kB of archives. After unpacking 1498kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Configuring packages ...
(Reading database ... 38286 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a3.4p1-0.0potato1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking ssh-askpass-gnome (from .../ssh-askpass-gnome_1%3a3.4p1-0.0potato1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up ssh (3.4p1-0.0potato1) ...
Creating SSH1 keyssh-keygen: invalid option -- t
dpkg: error processing ssh (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ssh-askpass-gnome:
ssh-askpass-gnome depends on ssh (>= 1:1.2pre7-4); however:
Package ssh is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ssh-askpass-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ssh
ssh-askpass-gnome
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.
Setting up ssh (3.4p1-0.0potato1) ...
Creating SSH1 keyssh-keygen: invalid option -- t
dpkg: error processing ssh (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ssh-askpass-gnome:
ssh-askpass-gnome depends on ssh (>= 1:1.2pre7-4); however:
Package ssh is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ssh-askpass-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ssh
ssh-askpass-gnome
installation script returned error exit status 100.
Press <enter> to continue.
---------------------- end dselect output --------------------
--------------- begin dpkg -i output -------------------------
u181n87:/etc/init.d# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a3.4p1-0.0potato1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 38332 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ssh 1:3.4p1-0.0potato1 (using .../ssh_1%3a3.4p1-0.0potato1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ssh ...
Setting up ssh (3.4p1-0.0potato1) ...
Creating SSH1 keyssh-keygen: invalid option -- t
dpkg: error processing ssh (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ssh
u181n87:/etc/init.d#
--------------- end dpkg -i output -------------------------
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 09:20:19PM -0300, Douglas Guptill wrote:
> Hi:
>
> postinst for that latest ssh runs ssh-keygen with -t option.
> ssh-keygen (at least the one I have) does not seem to support that option.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> dguptill@SharpAngus:~$ ls -l $(which ssh-keygen)
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30204 Dec 4 2001 /usr/bin/ssh-keygen
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> My 2.2r6 systems have ssh version 1.2.3-9.4.
> When I "dselect/update", the new available version is 3.4p1-0.0po(tato?)
> So I did the normal, and said update.
> The postinst script fails.
>
> HTH,
> Doug.
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> Douglas Guptill 902-461-9749
> 18 Lynn Dr. guptilld@accesswave.ca
> Dartmouth, N.S. http://www.accesswave.ca/~guptilld
> B2Y 3V9, Canada
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Douglas Guptill 902-461-9749
18 Lynn Dr. guptilld@accesswave.ca
Dartmouth, N.S. http://www.accesswave.ca/~guptilld
B2Y 3V9, Canada
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