On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:14:58AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > reassign 613280 fontconfig 2.6.0-3 > fixed 613280 2.8.0-2.1 > kthxbye > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 13:09:15 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > Package: upgrade-reports > > Severity: normal > > > > In the process of upgrading from lenny to squeeze, I had fontconfig > > marked for removal. However: > > > > Removing fontconfig ... > > dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--purge): > > subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > configured to not write apport reports > > Errors were encountered while > > processing: > > fontconfig > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > I ended up having to upgrade fontconfig with the rest of the system, and > > remove > > it afterward: > > > > Preparing to replace fontconfig 2.6.0-3 (using > > .../fontconfig_2.8.0-2.1_amd64.deb) ... > > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status > > 1 > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > > dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK. > > Unpacking replacement fontconfig ... > > > 2.6.0-3's prerm looks fine to me, so I don't know what happened there. > If you can reproduce with set -x in the script that would probably help. > If not, there's probably not much to do since that seems fixed in later > versions.
I've finished upgrading that system at this point. If I run into it again on another upgrade I can try that; otherwise it'll probably require building and upgrading a system with debootstrap. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

