On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:15:53AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:48:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > > > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > > > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > > > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative. > > > dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure): > > > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > > > status 2 > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > xterm > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 17:43:57 +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote: > > > Setting up xterm (243-1) ... > > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-terminal-emulator.1.gz can't > > be slave of x-terminal-emulator: it is a master alternative. > > dpkg: error processing xterm (--configure): subprocess installed > > post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > > Errors were encountered while processing: xterm > > > What's the content of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator? > Is there any mention of x-terminal-emulator.1.gz in another file in that > directory? What version of dpkg are you using? > > Cheers, > Julien
dpkg is 1.15.2 here. There's no any other file which mentions x-terminal-emulator.1.gz. The required file: ---8<----------------------------------------- manual /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/bin/koi8rxterm 20 /usr/share/man/man1/koi8rxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/lxterm 30 /usr/share/man/man1/lxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/powershell 20 /usr/bin/rxvt-xpm 8 /usr/share/man/man1/rxvt-xpm.1.gz /usr/bin/rxvt-xterm 10 /usr/share/man/man1/rxvt-xterm.1.gz /usr/bin/urxvt 11 /usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz /usr/bin/urxvtcd 11 /usr/share/man/man1/urxvtcd.1.gz /usr/bin/uxterm 20 /usr/share/man/man1/uxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/xterm 20 /usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.gz ---8<------------------------------------------ -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
