Bug#312924: tetex-base tries to install /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci as an info file
Package: tetex-base
Version: 2.0.2c-7
Severity: normal
The thing won't install. It seems to be trying to install
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci as an info file, which (of course) explodes.
# time nice -19 apt-get -f install tetex-base
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
tetex-base
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 150 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/14.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `series' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `sharefont' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
223865 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tetex-base 2.0.2c-7 (using .../tetex-base_2.0.2c-8_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tetex-base ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2c-8_all.deb (--unpack):
unable to install (supposed) new info file `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2c-8_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
real 0m58.924s
user 0m13.281s
sys 0m10.897s
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(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
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##################################
minimal input file
##################################
other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 wli wli 172 May 17 20:37 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 91 May 17 20:37 /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root users 975 May 17 20:37 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 10 13:13 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-mm2-wli-2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.51 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.28 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii texinfo 4.7-2.2 Documentation system for on-line i
ii ucf 1.18 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.51 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.13.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.28 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.0-9 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-30 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Athena widget set library
ii mime-support 3.34-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.4-2 The GNU sed stream editor
ii ucf 1.18 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 4.2.1-12.1 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.10.28 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii gsfonts 8.14+v8.11+urw-0.2 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
ii tetex-bin 2.0.2-30 The teTeX binary files
ii ucf 1.18 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-bin/upd_map: true
* tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
tetex-bin/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/texmf: true
tetex-bin/updmap-failed:
tetex-bin/hyphen: ngerman[=naustrian-neue_Rechtschreibung], french[=patois]
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
tetex-bin/use_debconf: false
tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
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