David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+deb...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi *, > > 2010/5/4 Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>: >> On Mon, 03 May 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >>> > Processing triggers for menu ... >>> > W: Unable to read /etc/apt/preferences.d/ - FileExists (2: No such >>> > file or directory)
At least the warning should be fixed. Is the error that it exists and since when is a directory a file? Or that it doesn't? The two errors contradict each other. >>> > Could this be caused by the fact that here the /etc/apt is a symlink and >>> > points to another location? >>> >>> To my untrained eye, this looks like a message from APT. Any insights? >> >> But it might an apt tool called from the menu trigger processing code. > > While this would be possible it is apt's normal behavior to print errors > and/or warnings at the end so this is to 99% an error of the "main" apt. > > Still, i don't know what this bugreport actually asks for: > The directory is included in the apt package so in a normal environment > it should be available after the correct installation of 0.7.22 and above. > And in an unnormal environment (in which directories magically disappear) > the warning is important (user configuration could be disappeared too) > > A linked /etc/apt isn't a problem (at least not for me). > The dir is btw by default empty - as is sources.list.d and trusted.gpg.d > > Best regards, > > David Kalnischkies MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org