Package: texlive-base Version: 2012.20120516-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation? I was using (up to date) cowbuilder to build the iproute package, when I noticed the error message which I thought might be a good idea to report. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? cowbuilder --build ../iproute_20120521-1.dsc * What was the outcome of this action? Fortunately the iproute package still built, so success! :) * What outcome did you expect instead? Same outcome, but without error messages like in this build log snippet: [...] Setting up lynx-cur (2.8.8dev.12-2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/lynx to provide /usr/bin/www-browser (www-browser) in auto mode. Setting up lynx (2.8.8dev.12-2) ... Processing triggers for tex-common ... Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Setting up texlive-base (2012.20120516-1) ... /usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4. /usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4. /usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4. /usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4. dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Building format(s) --all. This may take some time... done. Processing triggers for tex-common ... Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done. Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done. Setting up texlive-latex-base (2012.20120516-1) ... Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Building format(s) --all --cnffile /etc/texmf/fmt.d/10texlive-latex-base.cnf. This may take some time... done. Processing triggers for tex-common ... [...] Apparently something failed in the postinst of texlive-base. Information below probably not very relevant because it was as mentioned inside cowbuilder, but much should be the same as the host system.... -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (300, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages texlive-base depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.43 ii dpkg 1.16.3 ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10 ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu2 ii luatex 0.70.1-3 ii mime-support 3.52-1 ii tex-common 3.11 ii texlive-binaries 2012.20120516-1 ii texlive-common 2012.20120516-1 ii texlive-doc-base 2012.20120516-1 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 Versions of packages texlive-base recommends: ii lmodern 2.004.1-5 Versions of packages texlive-base suggests: ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.4.0-2 ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.05~dfsg-5 ii perl-tk <none> ii xpdf [pdf-viewer] 3.03-9 Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.43 ii dpkg 1.16.3 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 Versions of packages tex-common suggests: ii debhelper 9.20120518 Versions of packages texlive-base is related to: ii tex-common 3.11 ii texlive-binaries 2012.20120516-1 -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org