Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Mathias Brodala wrote: Here’s the output: File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ That's not the good file. I asked for /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz. (Hence the rest of the mail is useless, we know the x-terminal-emulator

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Raphael Hertzog, 31.05.2009 10:47: On Thu, 28 May 2009, Mathias Brodala wrote: Here’s the output: File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ That's not the good file. I asked for

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:55:09 +0200, Bram Senders wrote: File: `/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz' Size: 10Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 304h/772d Inode: 353989 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (0/root)

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Julien Cristau, 31.05.2009 21:05: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:55:09 +0200, Bram Senders wrote: File: `/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz' Size: 10 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device:

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
reassign 530633 xterm retitle 530633 xterm should cleanup improper master alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz thanks On Wed, 27 May 2009, Bram Senders wrote: There is also an x-terminal-emulator.1.gz file in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, which is not a gzipped file at all, but just contains

Processed: Re: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 530633 xterm Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package Bug#530643: update-alternatives b0rkage? Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `xterm'. retitle 530633 xterm should cleanup improper master alternative x-terminal-emulator.1

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Bram Senders
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:21:17AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Wed, 27 May 2009, Bram Senders wrote: There is also an x-terminal-emulator.1.gz file in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, which is not a gzipped file at all, but just contains the contents: --- 8 --- manual ---

Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-28 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Raphael Hertzog, 28.05.2009 09:21: What is the timestamp of this file ? Here’s the output: File: „/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator“ Size: 501 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 reguläre Datei Device: 306h/774d

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: Setting up xterm (243-1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative. dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure): subprocess

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Bram Senders
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator? Is there any mention of x-terminal-emulator.1.gz in another file in that directory? What version of dpkg are you using? This bug bit me as well, so here's my

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: Setting up xterm (243-1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: Setting up xterm (243-1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master

Bug#530643: Bug#530633: xterm: Unable to configure package

2009-05-27 Thread Mathias Brodala
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Julien Cristau, 27.05.2009 11:15: What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator? Here’s the content: auto /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz