Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.3-38 Severity: normal Hi,
passwd purged. apt-get install passwd: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: passwd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 55 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/511kB of archives. After unpacking 1544kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 17809 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking passwd (from .../passwd_1%3a4.0.3-38_i386.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 33: shadowconfig: command not found dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/passwd_1%3a4.0.3-38_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/passwd_1%3a4.0.3-38_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Judging from the dpkg manpage, preinst is executed before unpack. So you cannot use programs from your package in preinst. Or at least, you cannot fail if programs from your package ar not yet there. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2-zgsrv Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.76-23 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.76-23 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii login 1:4.0.3-38 system login tools passwd recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]