Re: diald not installing
* Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> spake thus:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:52:54PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> > I have trouble installing diald. It fails to run the post-installation script.
> >
> > here is some output:
> >
> > Arwen:~# dpkg --configure diald
> > Setting up diald (0.99.4-2.1) ...
> > dpkg: error processing diald (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > diald
> > Arwen:~#
> >
> > Is there a flaw in the package? Or is there some flaw on my system?
>
> No, it's a bug in the package (see http://bugs.debian.org/76449). I
> promised ages ago to do a non-maintainer upload to fix this, but forgot;
[ snip]
> Stig: in the meantime, edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.config, look for
> lines starting with 'db_input', and make sure they all end with '||
> true'. Then run 'dpkg --configure diald' again.
Ah, thanks. You are my hero of the day :P
Stig
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