Previously Gordon Sadler wrote: > Setting up modutils (2.4.6-1) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/modutils.postinst: 95: Syntax error: EOF in backquote > substitution > dpkg: warning - post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > > Setting up cpp-2.95-doc (2.95.4-0.010506) ...
Known dpkg bug, it ignored errors in maintainer scripts. Fixed in CVS already. > Setting up wmaker (0.64.0-6) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/menu-methods/wmaker ... > mv: cannot create symbolic link `/usr/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz': No > such file or directory > update-alternatives: unable to make > /usr/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.1.gz: No such file or directory > dpkg: warning - post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Never seen that on before.. can you reproduce that? > Setting up fetchmailconf (5.8.1-5) ... > > dpkg: /home/doogie/debian/mine/dpkg/v1_9/dpkg-1.9.4/main/packages.c:191: > process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly Does that still happen if you do "dpkg --configure -a", and if so can you put your /var/lib/dpkg/status file online somewhere? Wichert. -- ________________________________________________________________ / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
