Bug#264982: tetex-extra fails to configure

[Robert Ewald <robewald@gmx.net>]

Am Mittwoch, 11. August 2004 11:37 schrieb Hilmar Preusse:
> merge 264982 257022
> stop
>
> On 11.08.04 Robert Ewald (robewald@gmx.net) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > The package cannot be configured:
> >
> > raptop:~# dpkg --configure tetex-extra
> > Setting up tetex-extra (2.0.2a-2) ...
> > Can't call method "description" on an undefined value at
> > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 76, <GEN0> line 1.
> > dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> >  Errors were encountered while processing:
> >   tetex-extra
>
> Probably same as 257022. Merging.
> However this is not really a tetex-extra bug but sitting in debconf.
> Please read the bug pages of debconf, how to solve the problem.
>
> H.

Thanks for the hint. running /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl fixed the problem.

Maybe a more descriptive error message is in order?

Anyway, thanks

-- 
Robert Ewald