I can confirm this with etch on debian-arm, as well.
Additional insight: # apt-get install localepurge Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: debfoster deborphan The following NEW packages will be installed: localepurge 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 35.4kB of archives. After unpacking 88.1kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org etch/main localepurge 0.5.5 [35.4kB] Fetched 35.4kB in 0s (44.8kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... cat: /tmp/file7PvX7g.locale.gen: No such file or directory localepurge failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1 Selecting previously deselected package localepurge. (Reading database ... 7337 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking localepurge (from .../localepurge_0.5.5_all.deb) ... Setting up localepurge (0.5.5) ... cat: /tmp/fileZhZEHN.locale.gen: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing localepurge (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: localepurge E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # ls /tmp/file7P* /tmp/file7PvX7g So there's kind of a /tmp file there, just with a slightly different name. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
