Bug#491633: fails to install, attempted to use shell library
Package: libxft-dev
Version: 2.1.13-1
Severity: grave
The package can't be installed. dpkg fails with the following message:
Preparing to replace libxft-dev 2.1.12-3 (using .../libxft-dev_2.1.13-1_i386.deb) ...
Error: package maintainer script attempted to use shell library without
definining $THIS_PACKAGE shell variable. Please report the package name,
version, and the text of this error message to the Debian Bug Tracking System.
Visit <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting> on the World Wide Web for
instructions, read the file /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt from the
"doc-debian" package, or install the "reportbug" package and use the command of
the same name to file a report against version 2.1.13-1 of this package.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.13-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 99
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.13-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-mactel (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libxft-dev depends on:
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii libfontconfig1-dev 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6-dev 2.3.7-1 FreeType 2 font engine, developmen
ii libx11-dev 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library (developme
ii libxft2 2.1.13-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxrender-dev 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii x11-common 1:7.3+14 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii zlib1g-dev [libz-dev] 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - development
libxft-dev recommends no packages.
libxft-dev suggests no packages.
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