Package: apt Version: 0.3.19 Severity: critical Can´t upgrade from potato to woody. apt-get update always stops with the following error message
Template parse error near "" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, <TEMPLATES> chunk 3. E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code (29) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt Maybe the following information helps to find out what the Problem is # cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://localmirror/debian woody main contrib non-free deb http://localmirror/debian-nonUS woody/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://localmirror/debian woody main contrib non-free deb-src http://localmirror/debian-nonUS woody/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://localmirror/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://localmirror/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free # apt-get -u dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: blt blt-dev console-apt fetchmailconf freetype2-dev fvwm-common gide gnome-gturing latex2html libansicolor-perl libdb2++-dbg libgd1g libgd1g-tools libgnome-dev libgnomemm-dev libguile6 libpcre2-dev librpm1 librpm1-dev libsensors0 libsnmp4.1 libssl096 libxfont-xtt libxfont-xtt-dev locale-ja netpbm python-base python-history python-mxdatetime python-mxstack python-mxtexttools python-mxtools python-pam python-pdb python-rng python-tk python-wpy python-zlib scwm sketch task-python task-tcltk task-tcltk-dev task-tex tetex-lib tetex-nonfree ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp vim-rt xfonts-arphic-bkai00mp xfonts-arphic-bsmi00lp xfonts-arphic-gbsn00lp xfonts-arphic-gkai00mp The following NEW packages will be installed: abiword-common abiword-gtk autoconf2.13 autotools-dev bind9-host console-common cpp-2.95 curl debconf-utils defoma emacs21 ethereal-common expect expect-dev fetchmail-common g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 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Need to get 0B/431MB of archives. After unpacking 347MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Template parse error near "" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, <TEMPLATES> chunk 3. E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code (29) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt Regards, Torsten -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux wpd 2.2.20 #8 Wed Jan 23 12:00:57 CET 2002 i686 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
