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--- Begin Message ---Package: b43-fwcutter Version: 1:008-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch *** Please type your report below this line *** Trying to install b43-fwcutter on a system that never had bcm43xx-fwcutter installed, fails with the following error message: # LANG= apt-get install b43-fwcutter [...] Preconfiguring packages ... b43-fwcutter failed to preconfigure, with exit status 10 Selecting previously deselected package b43-fwcutter. (Reading database ... 62042 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a008-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:008-1) ... dpkg: error processing b43-fwcutter (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: b43-fwcutter E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The reason for this issue can be found in debian/b43-fwcutter.config: if [ "$DEBCONF_FRONTEND" != "noninteractive" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/wget ]; then # try to get the olds bcm3xx question db_get bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware if [ "$RET" != "" ]; then db_set b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware $RET else db_input high b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware || true fi db_go || true fi db_get fails, if bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware isn't set, like it isn't if bcm43xx-fwcutter isn't already installed: # debconf-get-selections | grep -e bcm43xx -e b43 # The following change would keep the intention of evaluating bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware for b43-fwcutter while fixing the install failure, but unfortunately it (just as the existing code) renders "dpkg-reconfigure b43-fwcutter" pretty useless post installing, effectively it would still depend on the value of bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware. if [ "$DEBCONF_FRONTEND" != "noninteractive" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/wget ]; then # try to get the olds bcm3xx question if db_get bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware && [ -n "$RET" ]; then db_set b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware $RET else db_input high b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware || true fi db_go || true fi Personally I'd suggest just reverting to a simpler debconf design, like the one used for bcm43-fwcutter, tested patch attached. Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1-slh64-smp-3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages b43-fwcutter depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.14 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii wget 1.10.2-3 retrieves files from the web b43-fwcutter recommends no packages.diff -Nrup a/debian/b43-fwcutter.config b/debian/b43-fwcutter.config --- a/debian/b43-fwcutter.config 2007-10-18 15:06:47.000000000 +0200 +++ b/debian/b43-fwcutter.config 2007-10-18 15:07:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ set -e . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule if [ "$DEBCONF_FRONTEND" != "noninteractive" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/wget ]; then - # try to get the olds bcm3xx question - db_get bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware - if [ "$RET" != "" ]; then - db_set b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware $RET - else - db_input high b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware || true - fi + db_input high b43-fwcutter/cut_firmware || true db_go || true fi
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--- Begin Message ---Source: b43-fwcutter Source-Version: 1:008-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of b43-fwcutter, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: b43-fwcutter_008-2.diff.gz to pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter_008-2.diff.gz b43-fwcutter_008-2.dsc to pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter_008-2.dsc b43-fwcutter_008-2_amd64.deb to pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter_008-2_amd64.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated b43-fwcutter package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:10:59 +0100 Source: b43-fwcutter Binary: b43-fwcutter Architecture: source amd64 Version: 1:008-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: high Maintainer: Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: b43-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware Closes: 446818 447152 450887 Changes: b43-fwcutter (1:008-2) unstable; urgency=high . * update README.Debian, thanks Bin Zhang (closes: #446818) * fix config scriptto not fail if db_get for bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware fails (closes: #447152) * apply patches from Zbyszek Szemek to not use a pre-defined dirname and fix some permissions in install_bcm43xx_fwcutter.sh, thanks (closes: #450887) Files: 85696b0e9bf478f66cea48fafeeb6dde 575 contrib/utils optional b43-fwcutter_008-2.dsc fae7ef820eb3f8cfea97fce13504480d 5901 contrib/utils optional b43-fwcutter_008-2.diff.gz 39bbe22dff20c00394d311b128339eb6 15238 contrib/utils optional b43-fwcutter_008-2_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHSi0F+FmQsCSK63MRAmncAKCCIN6+J9hWe764KXtvnjY2pzinPgCfQfh2 PxkJvi+VKAXeQ257q5Q2dDs= =SfLR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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