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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