Re: problem with xfree86-common_4.2.1-0pre1v1_all
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 04:23:46PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 10:45:01PM +0200, Alexander Opitz wrote:
> > Ok, here it comes.
> >
> > shell> dpkg-preconfigure xfree86-common_4.2.1-0pre1v1_all.deb
> > > debconf (developer): starting /tmp/config.8571 configure 4.2.1-0pre1v1
> > > debconf (developer): <-- REGISTER xfree86-common/experimental_packages
> > xfree86-common/nag
> > > debconf (developer): --> 10 No such template,
> > "xfree86-common/experimental_packages"
> > > xfree86-common failed to preconfigure, with exit status 10
> >
> > Hope it helps to help me :-)
>
> Hmm, not really. It looks like dpkg-preconfigure is failing to call
> apt-extracttemplates.
It looks like a corrupt debconf database to me, especially if man-db
runs into it too. Try taking a copy of everything in /var/cache/debconf
(for the purposes of later bug reports :-)), and then running
/usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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