I added debugging statements as suggested by Daniel on Sat, 31 May 2008 02:10:22 +0200 . Unlike Andres, I had no problem with "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1"; or "http://docbook.org/xml/4.1";. I only had a problem with "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1//EN". I then removed the
|| true from update-xmlcatalog --del --type public --id "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1//EN" --package docbook-xml || true and ran dpkg --configure docbook-xml again. However, as with Andres the prerm script did not get run at all. Considering that Andres can no longer reproduce the bug, I'm not going to attempt reinstall docbook-xml until I get a suggestion from Daniel. Here is the output of dpkg with the debugging statements added Setting up docbook-xml (5.5-5) ... + '[' configure = configure ']' + rm -f /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog + for ordcat in /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.0/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/catalog /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/catalog + update-catalog --quiet --add --super /etc/sgml/docbook-xml.cat + '[' configure = configure ']' + update-xmlcatalog --add --type system --id http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1/docbookx.dtd --package docbook-xml --local /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog.xml update-xmlcatalog: notice: entity already registered update-xmlcatalog: reading catalog data /var/lib/xml-core/docbook-xml update-xmlcatalog: removing backup /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml.old update-xmlcatalog: moving catalog /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml to backup /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml.old update-xmlcatalog: writing catalog data /var/lib/xml-core/docbook-xml update-xmlcatalog: writing catalog /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml + update-xmlcatalog --add --type system --id http://docbook.org/xml/4.1/docbookx.dtd --package docbook-xml --local /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog.xml update-xmlcatalog: notice: entity already registered update-xmlcatalog: reading catalog data /var/lib/xml-core/docbook-xml update-xmlcatalog: removing backup /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml.old update-xmlcatalog: moving catalog /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml to backup /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml.old update-xmlcatalog: writing catalog data /var/lib/xml-core/docbook-xml update-xmlcatalog: writing catalog /etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml + update-xmlcatalog --add --type public --id '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1//EN' --package docbook-xml --local /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog.xml update-xmlcatalog: error: entity already registered update-xmlcatalog: reading catalog data /var/lib/xml-core/docbook-xml DEBUG: entry=catalog="file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/catalog.xml", key=delegatePublic publicIdStartString="-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1//EN", catalog=/etc/xml/docbook-xml.xml, catalog{key}=catalog="file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.1.2/catalog .xml" dpkg: error processing docbook-xml (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: docbook-xml -Alan Somers Alesis, LLC 300 Corporate Pointe, Suite 500 Culver City, CA 90230 Tel: 310-693-7005 Ext. 7027 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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