Andrew Donnellan wrote: > These questions should go to debian-user - debian-testing is a > developers list, not a users questions list. > Um, a packaged failed to install. I would call that a development issue. Especially since the error appears to indicate an error in a control file. > On 5/29/06, Zach <netrek@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi I'm running Debian testing release and got this error when >> installing ratpoison: >> >> Setting up ratpoison (1.4.0-beta4-10) ... >> error in control file: `Index' value missing for format `info' at >> /usr/sbin/install-docs line 709, </usr/share/doc-base/ratpoison> line >> 8. >> >> Here is some info: >> >> netrek:~# dpkg -l | grep ratpoison >> ii ratpoison 1.4.0-beta4-10 Simple >> window manager with no fat library de >> netrek:~# cat /etc/deb >> debconf.conf debfoster.conf debian-builder/ debian_version >> netrek:~# cat /etc/debian_version >> testing/unstable >> netrek:~# uname -r >> 2.4.27-2-686 >> >> netrek:~# apt-cache show ratpoison >> Package: ratpoison >> Priority: extra >> Section: x11 >> Installed-Size: 324 >> Maintainer: Jonathan Walther <krooger@debian.org> >> Architecture: i386 >> Version: 1.4.0-beta4-10 >> Provides: x-window-manager >> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libreadline5 (>= 5.1), libx11-6, >> libxext6, libxinerama1, libxtst6Recommends: xterm | >> x-terminal-emulator >> Suggests: ratmenu, emacs21, xbindkeys, xclip >> Filename: pool/main/r/ratpoison/ratpoison_1.4.0-beta4-10_i386.deb >> Size: 138670 >> MD5sum: 3bb38856874c69d4feffd9bef5abe333 >> >> Regards, >> Zach Zach, Have you tried running an `apt-get update` or `aptitude update` and attempting the installation again? Beyond that, I am not really sure. You may want to consider emailing the package maintainer or filing a bug report. I would start with the maintainer, though. If it is a bug, he will likely ask you to submit a bug report. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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