severity 355681 serious # version numbers are *not advisory*! notfound 355681 2.3.4-26 found 355681 2.3.4-30 thanks
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:03:27AM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> Package: belocs-locales-data
> Version: 2.3.4-26
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> I repeatedly get the following error upon upgrading to 2.3.4-30 (which just
> entered Testing today):
> Preparing to replace belocs-locales-data 2.3.4-26 (using
> .../belocs-locales-data_2.3.4-30_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/belocs-locales-data_2.3.4-30_all.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/belocs-locales-data_2.3.4-30_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> E: Some packages could not be upgraded.
The reason for this:
[ "$md5sum" = "$old_md5sum" ] && rm -f "$CONFFILE"
This line always returns false (1) when $md5sum != $old_md5sum.
Since this script is set -e (as expected), you want instead:
[ "$md5sum" != "$old_md5sum" ] || rm -f "$CONFFILE"
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