Package: ept-cache Version: 1.0.3 Severity: normal As per #588408, the package seems to be trying to remove /etc/cron.weekly/ept-cache, via calling dpkg-maintscript-helper from the preinst. Unfortunately, this program does not exist in lenny's dpkg, therefore the script continues to exist.
r...@wibble:~# dpkg -l ept-cache dpkg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=============================-=============================-========================================================================== ii dpkg 1.14.29 Debian package management system ii ept-cache 1.0.3 Obsolete commandline tool to search the package archive r...@wibble:~# dpkg -S dpkg|grep dpkg-maintscript-helper r...@wibble:~# dpkg -L ept-cache|grep /etc /etc/cron.weekly/ept-cache Perhaps a versioned dependency on dpkg is required? -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (490, 'testing'), (470, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ept-cache depends on: ii apt-xapian-index 0.38 maintenance tools for a Xapian ind Versions of packages ept-cache recommends: ii debtags 1.7.10 Enables support for package tags ept-cache suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -MD -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Deegan Hugaholic http://www.deegan.id.au/ --------------------- Guvax bs vg nf ribyhgvba va npgvba. --------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org