On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:16:42PM -0700, Peter Nome wrote: > On a woody base install, I'm getting lots of post-installation script errors, like > this: > > # dpkg -i sed_3.02-8_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 6623 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace sed 3.02-8 (using sed_3.02-8_i386.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.prerm: line 9: 653 Segmentation fault install-info > --quiet --remove sed > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 139 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK. > Unpacking replacement sed ... > Setting up sed (3.02-8) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.postinst: line 11: 662 Segmentation fault install-info > --quiet --section "General commands" "General commands" /usr/share/info/sed.info > dpkg: error processing sed (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 > Errors were encountered while processing: > sed > > If I comment out the line starting "install-info" in > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.postinst I can complete the configuration with > apt-get --reinstall install sed (or sometimes dpkg --configure sed). > However, I get this on lots of packages. What's going on?
You aren't trying to run with perl 5.8, are you? That's going to be difficult on woody. See http://bugs.debian.org/159756. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
