Template Parse Error
I am tying to install Woody on a laptop so that I can
install XFree 4.0.3 and then upgrade it to 4.1 with an
extra fix as currently the SIS driver does not handle
my laptop's LCD properly. I also need to be running
a 2.4 kernel as otherwise the Ethernet NIC does not
work.
I installed 2.2r3 from CD, and then copied down the
2.4 upgrade DEBs and cut a CD. From this I installed
what is now a running, but text only, system.
I tried to download 4.1 source but for some odd reason it
will not build (make World works but make install
complains about missing files even though they are
actually present on the system). However in discussion
with the Xpert list at Xfree86.org I found that others
were having success with Woody as a base rather than
stable 2.2r3.
So having had an /etc/apt/sources.list which was entirely
CDROM based, I updated it to point at uk.debian.org
to download woody. The entry looks like:-
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
and I ran dselect which said that all manner of things
needed to be updated.
It says that 233 packages need to be upgraded, 89 newly
installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded. It then starts
scanning packages, gets to 90% and complains about
a Template parse error near "" at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm
line 102, <TEMPLATES> chunk 2.
So I did a search on the archive for this list and found
advice (from the 17th July) to updrage DebConf on its
own using apt-get install DebConf which duely went
through (after one problem which a rerun seemed to
cure).
Unfortunately the problem still persists, and I can not
get any further. Now it might be that I am missing
something sources.list file which I need, it might be
that the 2.4 upgrade package has mucked things up,
more likely I have mucked something up.
Anyone got any ideas as to how to proceed?
Thanks in advance
David
BTW, it would be useful if the various Debian
mirrors included sample apt/sources.list entries
on there websites. If they already do then I have
failed to find them and it would be useful to have
a pointer.
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