Re: Bug#580152: dpkg: trigger - W: Unable to read /etc/apt/preferences.d/ - FileExists (2: No such file or directory)

[David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com>]

Hi *,

2010/5/4 Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>:
> On Mon, 03 May 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> >        Processing triggers for menu ...
>> >        W: Unable to read /etc/apt/preferences.d/ - FileExists (2: No such file or directory)
>> >
>> > Could this be caused by the fact that here the /etc/apt is a symlink and
>> > points to another location?
>>
>> To my untrained eye, this looks like a message from APT.  Any insights?
>
> But it might an apt tool called from the menu trigger processing code.

While this would be possible it is apt's normal behavior to print errors
and/or warnings at the end so this is to 99% an error of the "main" apt.

Still, i don't know what this bugreport actually asks for:
The directory is included in the apt package so in a normal environment
it should be available after the correct installation of 0.7.22 and above.
And in an unnormal environment (in which directories magically disappear)
the warning is important… (user configuration could be disappeared too)

A linked /etc/apt isn't a problem (at least not for me).
The dir is btw by default empty - as is sources.list.d and trusted.gpg.d …

Best regards,

David Kalnischkies