Package: dpkg
Severity: normal
After updating the system with Synaptic, the terminal output screen contained
this error message:
<blockquote>
String found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96,
near "die sprintf(gettext(""
(Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 94)
(Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96,
near "die sprintf(gettext("debconf"
(Do you need to predeclare die?)
Unquoted string "debconf" may clash with future reserved word at
/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96.
String found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 103,
near "gettext(""
(Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 96)
(Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 104,
near "$package, $confmodule"
(Might be a runaway multi-line ff string starting on line 103)
(Missing operator before dule?)
Unquoted string "dule" may clash with future reserved word at
/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 104.
syntax error at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96, near "die
sprintf(gettext(""
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 108, at end
of line
syntax error at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 108, near "}"
Execution of /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure aborted due to compilation errors.
</blockquote>
The error did not stop the updating process, which seemed to continue without
problems.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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