Bug#195677: tetex-bin failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: sid
When attempting to upgrade tetex 2.0.2-3 to 2.0.2-4 with aptitude,
I see:
Preconfiguring packages ...
tetex-bin failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
(Reading database ... 115735 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libtiff-tools ...
(Reading database ... 115693 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tetex-bin 2.0.2-3 (using
.../tetex-bin_2.0.2-4_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-bin_2.0.2-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: regarding .../tetex-base_2.0.2-4_all.deb containing tetex-base:
tetex-base conflicts with tetex-bin (<= 2.0.2-3)
tetex-bin (version 2.0.2-3) is installed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-4_all.deb (--unpack):
conflicting packages - not installing tetex-base
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-bin_2.0.2-4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to
recover:
Press return to continue.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux keller 2.4.21-rc6 #1 Thu May 29 00:22:47 EDT 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.2.37 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.5.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.10 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3-2 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-4 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-3 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libwww0 5.4.0-6 The W3C WWW library
ii libxaw7 4.2.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii perl 5.8.0-17 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii t1lib1 1.3.1-1 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii tetex-base 2.0.2-3 basic teTeX library files
ii xlibs 4.2.1-6 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-12 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
* tetex-bin/hyphen: british
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
* tetex-bin/upd_map: false
* tetex-bin/cnf_name:
* tetex-bin/fmtutil: false
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
* tetex-bin/texmf: false
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