On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:02:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:56:26PM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote: > > On Monday 28 October 2002 19:42, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > > Do you have an /etc/magic present ? It is part of the file package. > > > > > Maybe i need to test for its existence. > > > > > > > > It's present but empty except a few comment lines. > > > > > > Shouxun, did a question about this appear when you installed the package > > > ? > > > > There was a preconfigure error. But when I switched back, it's too late to > > catch what's that. Does this occur during preconfigure? I switched to > > another desktop for a while when it's apt-getting. If so, that's my fault. > > So you did not see the debconf question about adding ocaml detecting > lines to /etc/magic ? > > This seems logical with the other reports, i guess the real reason is > that debian/ocaml.templates did not get copied over with the package.
Could you try running : # export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer # dpkg -i ocaml_3.06-8i_i386.deb And tell me the output ? I get : debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is ocaml debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/ocaml.postinst configure 3.06-8 debconf (developer): <-- GET ocaml/magic debconf (developer): --> 0 true But i guess you will see something else in the two last lines. Friendly, Sven Luther
