Bug#812402: texlive-base: fails to install: basename: missing operand
Control: reassign -1 ucf 3.0032
Control: retitle 812402 ucf breaks installation of texlive-base (basename: missing operand)
On 2016-01-23 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> wrote:
> Package: texlive-base
> Version: 2015.20160117-1
> Severity: serious
> texlive-base fails to install:
[...]
> Setting up texlive-base (2015.20160117-1) ...
> basename: missing operand
> Try 'basename --help' for more information.
> dpkg: error processing package texlive-base (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-6) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> texlive-base
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[...]
Downgrading ucf from 3.0032 to 3.0031 made the package installable
again. The failing command is this one in texlive-base postinst:37
ucf --purge /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
This file does not exist at this time and /etc/texmf/dvips/config/ is
an empty directory.
cu Andreas
--
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
Reply to: