Re: how to debug an apt-get error?
On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 02:45:04PM -0300, Toshiro wrote:
> I'm running sid, I'm having a problem with the upgrade of kdm, the error just
> says that the postinstallation script return an error (30). This message is
> very cryptic and it's pretty much useless.
That error is from debconf. Run with DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer set in the
environment for more verbose output.
Trying to use things like 'sh -x' will be complicated here because of
the way the debconf confmodule re-executes the calling script.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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