On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 08:39:04PM +0100, Toby Speight wrote: > Package: debconf-utils > Version: 1.4.30.11 > Severity: important > > /-------- > | $ debconf-get-selections >/dev/null > | debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open > /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied > | Can't call method "description" on an undefined value at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 76. > \-------- > > The output (which I've here diverted to the null device) is truncated, > but I think the interesting information is which package would be next > to be written (that we don't get to see). > > It might be that something is amiss in the debconf database itself, > but it's wrong that this should cause the command to fail. > > I don't have much clue as to how to debug this; I tried single-stepping > in the Perl debugger, but that was slow and unproductive. We really > want to know where the undefined value came from. I'm happy to help > attack this bug, if I have some guidance as to how to approach it.
It sounds like you have a template with no description. Could you please send a gzipped copy of /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat to this bug? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
