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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.10
Severity: minor
Typing control-D instead of D causes an error. See below.
"dpkg: error processing..."
$ sudo apt-get install vim-gnome
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Suggested packages:
cscope vim-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
vim-gnome
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 719kB of archives.
After unpacking 1565kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk testing/main vim-gnome 1:6.3-072+1 [719kB]
Fetched 719kB in 9s (73.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package vim-gnome.
(Reading database ... 151349 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vim-gnome (from .../vim-gnome_1%3a6.3-072+1_i386.deb) ...
Adding `diversion of /usr/bin/vim to /usr/bin/vim.org by vim-gnome'
Setting up vim-gnome (6.3-072+1) ...
Configuration file `/etc/vim/gvimrc'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** gvimrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing vim-gnome
(--configure):
EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
Errors were encountered while processing:
vim-gnome
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils [textutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii textutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU text file processing utili
dpkg recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi!
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 10:29:34 +0100, Greg Kochanski wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.13.10
> Severity: minor
> Typing control-D instead of D causes an error. See below.
> "dpkg: error processing..."
> $ sudo apt-get install vim-gnome
> Password:
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Suggested packages:
> cscope vim-doc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> vim-gnome
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> Need to get 719kB of archives.
> After unpacking 1565kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk testing/main vim-gnome 1:6.3-072+1 [719kB]
> Fetched 719kB in 9s (73.3kB/s)
> Selecting previously deselected package vim-gnome.
> (Reading database ... 151349 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking vim-gnome (from .../vim-gnome_1%3a6.3-072+1_i386.deb) ...
> Adding `diversion of /usr/bin/vim to /usr/bin/vim.org by vim-gnome'
> Setting up vim-gnome (6.3-072+1) ...
>
> Configuration file `/etc/vim/gvimrc'
> ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
> ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
> N or O : keep your currently-installed version
> D : show the differences between the versions
> Z : background this process to examine the situation
> The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** gvimrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing vim-gnome
> (--configure):
> EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> vim-gnome
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> $
I'd say that's the correct behaviour for unix tools that expect user
input (for example read(1)). So I'll close this bug report.
regards,
guillem
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