Package: icedtea-netx Version: 1.2~pre2-1 Followup-For: Bug #661424 Same here, looking at the postinst file the error is causes by the strange output of update-alternatives for javaws:
$ update-alternatives --list javaws /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64//jre/bin/javaws /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws It seems that someone installed an alternative with an extra slash... update-alternatives --list javaws | grep "^$basedir/" returns two lines and the shell gets confused. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages icedtea-netx depends on: ii icedtea-netx-common 1.2~pre2-1 ii openjdk-6-jre 6b24-1.11.1-2 icedtea-netx recommends no packages. icedtea-netx suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

