Bug#400450: xterm not installable
Package: xterm
Version: 222-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
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Upgrading to the latest version fails:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> xterm
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/438kB of archives.
> After unpacking 36.9kB of additional disk space will be used.
> (Reading database ... 196388 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to replace xterm 222-1 (using
> .../archives/xterm_222-2_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xterm ...
> Setting up xterm (222-2) ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/KOI8RXTerm
> ...
> 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)
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-2-k7
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
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
- -- no debconf information
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