Re: Problems with tripwire

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Cam Ellison wrote:
> The last woody upgrade to tripwire will not configure.  I keep getting this 
> error message:
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/tripwire.postinst: =ROOT: command not found
>
> The portion of this file that has a reference to ROOT is:
>
> eval `/usr/sbin/twadmin -m f 2>/dev/null | 
> 	perl -pe 's!HOSTNAME!uname -n!g; s!DATE!date!g; \
> 		    s!^\s*([^=\s]+)\s*=\s*(.+)!="$1"!'`
>
> case $ROOT in
> '')
>     eval `perl -pe 's!HOSTNAME!uname -n!g; s!DATE!date!g; \
> 		    s!^\s*([^=\s]+)\s*=\s*(.+)!="$1"!' $CFGTEXT`
>     ;;
>
> esac
>
> Is this a bug?  I have gone so far as to remove tripwire and reinstall it, with the same result.
>
> TIA
>
> Cam

I have no answer, but I am having the same problem. Just wanted to let 
you know you're not the only one.

Kent