Fixing error when installing package
Hi there,
I just installed Eclipse 2.1 from unstable. It downloaded a whole bunch
of dependant packages, among which the j2re1.4 (Blackdown).
Configuration of the latter failed, leading to a whole series of
dependant packages (ant, junit etc) to fail as well. The problem was
that it tries to make a symlink of
"/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp" to
"/etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so". Because the direcoty
/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs doesn't exist, the configuration failed. I solved
it by creating the symlink "/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs". After this the
configuration of j2re1.4 and all dependant packages worked. However,
hacking my own file-system seems rather klunky. I would rather solve the
problem more thouroughly, so therefore my folowing questions
Just point me to the right manual/reference if its a matter of RTFM :-)
1) I consider this to be a bug in the package. Do I notify the mainainer
directly or through a special mailing list?
2) I would like to locate and fix the problem myself in the confiuration
script. Where does the package system keep these scripts after installation?
3) I could be that I cannot fix a problem. But I would like to force the
packaging system to accept the package as being "installed and
configured" so any dependant pacakge would continu isntallation. How can
this be achieved?
4) Is there a seperate manual/reference to be found where the packaging
system is expalined in full detail? I like the APG-GET HOW-TO and the
Debian Reference is great, but they don't seem to cover it all.
Regards,
Iwan
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