On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:26:03PM -0700, Peter Jordan wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 2.0+dfsg-1 > Severity: normal > > > > > I installed a new system using debootstrap sid. > I installed firefox aka. iceweasel. > > I tried to run it. firefox or iceweasel simply exited with code 1. > > I ran strace -f on my new machine and the old one. Filing the report on > the old one. Saw weirdness with chrome and greprefs not being found in > strace of new deboostrapped box. > > I compared dpkg --get-selections on both boxes... > > .. and guessed. > > apt-get install fileutils Forgot to mention that between install of fileutils and successful running of firefox, I also did: dpkg --purge firefox; dpkg --purge iceweasel apt-get --reinstall install firefox iceweasel
Which presumably reran the preinst and postinst scripts which presumably have some invocations of commands from the fileutils package. > firefox > > AND NOW IT WORKS! > > So it seems someone missed a dependency in an install script somewhere. > Why am I always the one to find these kinds of bugs. > > Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
