Package: lynx-cur
Version: 2.8.8dev.7-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

If you have a URL in /etc/news/server, such as

  snews://news.eternal-september.org:563

lyx-cur's postinst crashes like this:

  Setting up lynx-cur (2.8.8dev.7-1) ...
  sed: -e expression #2, char 36: unknown option to `s'
  dpkg: error processing lynx-cur (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (99, 
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-rc4
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 lynx-cur depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.37           Debian configuration management sy
ii  libbsd0                 0.2.0-1          utility functions from BSD systems
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-7         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcrypt11             1.4.5-2          LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26             2.8.6-1          the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libidn11                1.18-1           GNU Libidn library, implementation
ii  libncursesw5            5.7+20100313-4   shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lynx-cur recommends:
ii  mime-support                  3.51-1     MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap

Versions of packages lynx-cur suggests:
pn  lynx-cur-wrapper              <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* lynx-cur/etc_lynx.cfg:
* lynx-cur/defaulturl: http://www.debian.org/
Index: lynx-cur-2.8.8dev.7/debian/postinst
===================================================================
--- lynx-cur-2.8.8dev.7.orig/debian/postinst	2010-12-13 21:30:33.137321597 +0000
+++ lynx-cur-2.8.8dev.7/debian/postinst	2010-12-13 21:31:03.242134843 +0000
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	echo "NNTPSERVER:Not-Configured-Yet" >> $CONFIGFILE
 
 sed -e "s:^STARTFILE\\:.*:STARTFILE\\:${defaulturl}:" \
-	-e "s/^NNTPSERVER:.*/NNTPSERVER:${NNTPSERVER}/" \
+	-e "s~^NNTPSERVER:.*~NNTPSERVER:${NNTPSERVER}~" \
 	< $CONFIGFILE > $CONFIGFILE.tmp
 mv -f $CONFIGFILE.tmp $CONFIGFILE
 

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