reassign 294895 dpkg retitle 294895 dpkg: Tries to configure in the wrong order thanks
Richard Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've put the files at > > www.rtf.org.uk/tmp/a2ps-bug/typescript.a2ps-prob-first-attempt--2005-02-12.bz2 > > and > > www.rtf.org.uk/tmp/a2ps-bug/typescript.a2ps-prob-second-attempt--2005-02-12.bz2 > > The first-attempt was what was shown on "apt-get > dist-upgrade", which gave the error, the second-attempt succeeded > without further intervention from me. Thank you. This clearly shows that there was no attempt to configure emacsen-common before giving the error message about a2ps: $ egrep 'emacsen-common|a2ps' typescript.a2ps-prob-first-attempt--2005-02-12 a2ps ace-of-penguins acpid alsa-base alsa-utils anjuta anjuta-common apache-common apache-utils apt dselect dvidvi dvipng emacs-goodies-el emacsen-common esound esound-clients esound-common evolution grave bugs of emacsen-common (1.4.15 -> 1.4.16) <done> xpdf-reader(1 bug), strace(1 bug), libgtk2.0-0(1 bug), mysql-server(2 bugs), vorbis-tools(1 bug), login(1 bug), openoffice.org(1 bug), xine-ui(1 bug), apt(1 bug), mozilla-browser(1 bug), xfs(1 bug), gnupg(1 bug), alsa-base(1 bug), libgtk2.0-bin(1 bug), kernel-package(1 bug), emacsen-common(1 bug), initrd-tools(2 bugs), dillo(1 bug), libxslt1-dev(1 bug), udev(1 bug), gdm(1 bug), reportbug(1 bug), gcompris(1 bug), synaptic(1 bug), debconf(1 bug), perl(2 bugs) Preparing to replace a2ps 1:4.13b-4 (using .../a2ps_1%3a4.13b-4.3_i386.deb) ... remove/a2ps: purging byte-compiled files for emacs21 Unpacking replacement a2ps ... Preparing to replace emacsen-common 1.4.15 (using .../emacsen-common_1.4.16_all.deb) ... emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs21 emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs21 Unpacking replacement emacsen-common ... emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs21 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of a2ps: a2ps depends on emacsen-common; however: Package emacsen-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing a2ps (--configure): a2ps [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/packages_for_mydebwork$ Richard, will the files be available constantly at this place? Sometimes dpkg bugs take long until they are investigated. If not, I suggest that you post the files to the bug address as attachments. Regards, Frank -- Frank K�ster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Z�rich Debian Developer
