Re: several packages failing -- is debconf broke?
OK, here is the complete log for both packages, but I am not sure it
tells too much.
Setting up foomatic-bin (2.0.2-20021202-1) ...
[11;80][10;1800]debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db config): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
debconf (db config): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db passwords): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat
debconf (db passwords): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type Stack
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db templatedb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat
debconf (db templatedb): loading database
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (db configdb): trying to getfield(debconf/frontend value) ..
debconf (db configdb): getfield done by config
debconf (user): trying frontend Dialog
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is foomatic-bin
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(foomatic-bin/preserve_manual_changes foomatic-bin select) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(foomatic-bin/filter_debug foomatic-bin boolean) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(foomatic-bin/textfilter foomatic-bin select) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(foomatic-bin/custom_textfilter foomatic-bin string) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(foomatic-bin/ps_accounting foomatic-bin boolean) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/foomatic-bin.config configure 2.0-20020911-0.4
debconf (developer): <-- [11;80][10;1800]VERSION 2.0
dpkg: error processing foomatic-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Setting up locales (2.3.1-5) ...
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db config): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
debconf (db config): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db passwords): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat
debconf (db passwords): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type Stack
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db templatedb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat
debconf (db templatedb): loading database
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (db configdb): trying to getfield(debconf/frontend value) ..
debconf (db configdb): getfield done by config
debconf (user): trying frontend Dialog
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is locales
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(locales/locales_to_be_generated locales multiselect) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (db configdb): trying to addowner(locales/default_environment_locale locales select) ..
debconf (db configdb): passing to config ..
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/locales.config configure 2.3.1-3
debconf (developer): <-- [11;80][10;1800]VERSION 2.0
dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Errors were encountered while processing:
foomatic-bin
locales
on Wednesday 12/04/2002 Joey Hess(joeyh@debian.org) wrote
> John Covici wrote:
> > I have had two packages fail on an upgrade -- here is the output from
> > the postinst script (I put set -v and set -x in it).
>
> Please, set DEBCONF_DEBUG=. in the environment, export it, and post a
> log. Include the version of debconf you are using.
>
> --
> see shy jo
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John Covici
covici@ccs.covici.com
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