Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
[...]
> > DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86
> > or temporarily adding "set -x" as 2nd line to
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst and running
> > "dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86" might show useful information.
> 
> Here is the output
> -- Debconf Developer Debug output
> 
> Script started on Wed Mar 24 09:04:39 2004
> duke:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure --debug=3773 xserver-xfree86
[...]
> debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-server choices
> debconf (developer): --> 0 xserver-xfree86
> dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  xserver-xfree86

This exit code is certainly due to a SIGSEGV in a subprocess.
In order to determine the culprit, please add 'set -x' at line 2 of
xserver-xfree86.config (as mentioned earlier by Andreas) and re-run
the command above.  This should tell which command segfaults.

Denis