On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 03:03:40AM +0200, mi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> (please cc to me, i'm not on the list)
>
> I can't remove the dictionary 'wamerican' nor can i reinstall or upgrade it.
> Two examples:
>
> / r: dpkg -r wamerican
> (Reading database ... 50317 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing wamerican ...
> Can't call method choices on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN0> line 4. Use of
> uninitialized value in scalar chomp at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 3. Use of
> uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm
> line 126, <STDIN> line 3. Use of uninitialized value in split at
> /usr/sbin/remove-default-wordlist line 21, <STDIN> line 3. dpkg: error
> processing wamerican (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error
> exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing:
> wamerican
>
> / r: dpkg -r --force-all wamerican
> (Reading database ... 50317 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing wamerican ...
> Can't call method choices on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN0> line 4. dpkg: error
> processing wamerican (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error
> exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing:
> wamerican
>
> It's a recent debian sarge, with:
> rH wamerican 5-4
> ii dpkg 1.10.22
> ii debconf 1.4.25
^------^
The current version of debconf in sarge is 1.4.29. Install 1.4.29 and
see is that fixes the problem.
> ii perl 5.8.3-3
>
> It seems to happen only with doing sth. on wamerican, anything other seem to
> work as usual. Possibly be some additional install is required to remove this
> package? What can i try next ?
>
>
> tia
>
> michael.
>
>
>
>
--
Jerome
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