Package: dictionaries-common Version: 1.11.8 Severity: important I'm upgrading an old lenny system to squeeze. This package fails to install because during the installation process, it calls 'mktemp' with an argument that it doesn't recognize. Probably a suitable dependency would fix the problem:
Setting up dictionaries-common (1.11.8) ... mktemp: invalid option -- '-' Usage: mktemp [-V] | [-dqtu] [-p prefix] [template] ispell-autobuildhash: Cannot make temporary directory under "/tmp". Aborting ... update-default-ispell: Error running ispell-autobuildhash dpkg: error processing dictionaries-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 25 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dictionaries-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-1+b1 converts between character sets in dictionaries-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages dictionaries-common suggests: ii emacsen-common 1.4.17 Common facilities for all emacsen pn ispell <none> (no description available) pn jed-extra <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: dictionaries-common/invalid_debconf_value: dictionaries-common/ispell-autobuildhash-message: dictionaries-common/move_old_usr_dict: true dictionaries-common/selecting_ispell_wordlist_default: * dictionaries-common/default-ispell: american (American English) dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: american (American English) dictionaries-common/old_wordlist_link: true dictionaries-common/remove_old_usr_dict_link: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org