Package: bittorrent Version: 3.4.2-11.4 Severity: important bittorrent was installed on this system in the past, but had been uninstalled:
Selecting previously unselected package bittorrent. (Reading database ... 342437 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking bittorrent (from .../bittorrent_3.4.2-11.4_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for mime-support ... Setting up bittorrent (3.4.2-11.4) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative btcompletedir.1.gz can't be slave of btcompletedir: it is a master alternative dpkg: error processing bittorrent (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: bittorrent E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) dom@callisto:/data/software$ update-alternatives --display btcompletedir.1.gz btcompletedir.1.gz - manual mode link currently absent No versions available. dom@callisto:/data/software$ update-alternatives --display btcompletedir update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for btcompletedir Presumably the postinst could be more robust to detritus from previous installs being left around. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bittorrent depends on: ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8 ii python 2.7.3~rc2-1 ii python-support 1.0.15 Versions of packages bittorrent recommends: ii mime-support 3.52-1 Versions of packages bittorrent suggests: pn bittorrent-gui <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org