Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:

> > Setting up xterm (243-1) ...
> > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't
> > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative.
> > dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure):
> >  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> > status 2
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  xterm
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 17:43:57 +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:

> Setting up xterm (243-1) ...
> update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't
> be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative.
> dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing: xterm
> 
What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator?
Is there any mention of x-terminal-emulator.1.gz in another file in that
directory?  What version of dpkg are you using?

Cheers,
Julien