Your message dated Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:17:32 +0200
with message-id <20090414071732.ga23...@rivendell>
and subject line Re: Bug#451954: gettext: Package will not configure
has caused the Debian Bug report #451954,
regarding /usr/share/info switched from a directory to a file
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Subject: gettext: Package will not configure
Package: gettext
Version: 0.16.1-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
gettext will not configure because it claims to need access to
/usr/share/info/dir when /usr/share/info is a file, so the directory
cannot exist. Debian tries to configure the package whenever any
updates or other installations are run and it often makes updating the
system impossible.
aval...@avcomp:~$ sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq gettext
Password:
(Reading database ... 96157 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gettext ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info): no file /usr/share/info/dir,
retrieving backup file /var/backups/infodir.bak.
cp: accessing `/usr/share/info/dir': Not a directory
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info): copying
/var/backups/infodir.bak to /usr/share/info/dir failed, giving up: Not a
directory
dpkg: error processing gettext (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info):
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Errors were encountered while processing:
gettext
aval...@avcomp:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up gettext (0.16.1-2) ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info):
dpkg: error processing gettext (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Errors were encountered while processing:
gettext
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
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--- Begin Message ---
Hello Avalith,
since you didn't provide any additional information, we can't do anything
with this bugreport and I'm closing it now. If you have some more info to
help us (like the stuff that Guillem requested in the message below),
please reply and attach the required information (feel free to reopen the
bug at the same time).
Cheers,
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 03:40:35 -0500, Avalith wrote:
> > Guillem Jover wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 08:02:20 -0500, Avalith wrote:
> > > > Package: gettext
> > > > Version: 0.16.1-2
> > > > Severity: grave
> > > > Justification: renders package unusable
>
> > > > gettext will not configure because it claims to need access to
> > > > /usr/share/info/dir when /usr/share/info is a file, so the directory
> > > > cannot exist.
>
> > > How did you end up with /usr/share/info being a file? Did you create it?
>
> > I didn't create it. I think it was created during the installation of
> > another package, but I'm not positive.
>
> Well, I don't think this is a problem in dpkg, but given the lack of
> information I don't know where this could be reassigned. If you still
> have the logs from that time around, could you send to the bug report
> /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/apt/term.log and /var/log/aptitude, or
> whatever rotated log might be appropriate?
>
> thanks,
> guillem
>
>
>
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