Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

tags 663206 + pending thanks Hi, thanks for pointing out that reference, I'll prepare the upload tonight. Upgrading dpkg does workaround the bug, but it is an unintentional side effect. Are you saying this is a bug that will occur on every upgrade of vpnc from squeeze to wheezy? To judge

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Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

reopen 663206 thanks Hi, Upgrading dpkg does workaround the bug, but it is an unintentional side effect. Maintainer scripts must have a shebang as per section 6.1 of policy. (thanks to James McCoy for finding the proper reference :) Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer

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Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

Package: vpnc Version: 0.5.3r512-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Hi, when upgrading vpnc I get this: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: resolvconf The following packages will be

Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

Hi Josch, Preparing to replace vpnc 0.5.3r449-2.1 (using .../vpnc_0.5.3r512-1_amd64.deb) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script (/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst): Exec format error dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vpnc_0.5.3r512-1_amd64.deb

Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

Hi, On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 02:55:49PM +0100, Florian Schlichting wrote: But while you're probably right that vpnc's maintainer scripts should be properly marked as shell scripts, I cannot reproduce your problem and I wonder if this is in fact a different issue. Is it possible that there was

Bug#663206: vpnc: does not install anymore - shebang missing from install scripts

Still, having the shebang correct would be a quick fix I guess. I'll definitely include that in the next version of vpnc. fix committed: https://github.com/fschlich/Debian-vpnc/commit/8d7b7a9b2a8c1917e083dd57cc581ca04cf0c7df -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to