Re: reinstall probs (bug,spamassassin,gettext)
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 09:01:12PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> 1) I used to be able to type 'bug <package>' at the command line and an
> email would be composed listing the characteristics of my system and the
> installed dependencies for the package. I could then add an explanation
> and the email would be sent to debian. The package 'bug' has
> disappeared. Is there a replacement?
Yes, please use reportbug instead. bug was unmaintained and rather, er,
buggy.
> 2) I kept my old home directory and now spamassassin is giving me this
> error message:
>
> Jun 28 19:06:07 tc spamd[28582]: Cannot open bayes_path
> /home/rick/.spamassassin/bayes R/O: Inappropriate ioctl for device
(pass)
> 3) I installed a minimal woody and then reinstalled all the programs
> from testing. 'gettext' is required for some program but this is what I
> get when I try to install it:
>
> Unpacking gettext (from .../gettext_0.10.40-8_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gettext_0.10.40-8_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man3/textdomain.3.gz', which is
> also in package gettext-base
Looks like a bug. Please report it.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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