Bug#400414: xterm not installing (error in control file)

[Tom Epperly <tomepperly@comcast.net>]

Package: xterm
Version: 222-2
Severity: normal

Setting up xterm (222-2) ...
error in control file: `Format' value not specified at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 699, </usr/share/doc-base/xterm-faq> line 22.
dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xterm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
faerun:/home/tepperly# exit


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1               2.4.1-2     generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-5       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libsm6                       1:1.0.1-3   X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-4   X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                      1:1.0.2-4   X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2                      2.1.8.2-8   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                      1:1.0.2-2   X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                       1:1.0.2-2   X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps                     1.0.1-2     Base X bitmaps

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  xutils                      1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs

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