Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 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

dpkg is 1.15.2 here. 
There's no any other file which mentions x-terminal-emulator.1.gz.

The required file:

---8<-----------------------------------------
manual
/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
x-terminal-emulator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz

/usr/bin/koi8rxterm
20
/usr/share/man/man1/koi8rxterm.1.gz
/usr/bin/lxterm
30
/usr/share/man/man1/lxterm.1.gz
/usr/bin/powershell
20

/usr/bin/rxvt-xpm
8
/usr/share/man/man1/rxvt-xpm.1.gz
/usr/bin/rxvt-xterm
10
/usr/share/man/man1/rxvt-xterm.1.gz
/usr/bin/urxvt
11
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz
/usr/bin/urxvtcd
11
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvtcd.1.gz
/usr/bin/uxterm
20
/usr/share/man/man1/uxterm.1.gz
/usr/bin/xterm
20
/usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.gz
---8<------------------------------------------



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Francesco P. Lovergine