On 17/12/10 at 20:47 +0100, Arthur de Jong wrote: > On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 18:50 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > While testing the installation of all packages in squeeze, I ran > > into the following problem: > [...] > > > CONFIGURATION FILE `/ETC/VIEWVC/VIEWVC.CONF' > > > ==> MODIFIED (BY YOU OR BY A SCRIPT) SINCE INSTALLATION. > > > ==> PACKAGE DISTRIBUTOR HAS SHIPPED AN UPDATED VERSION. > > > WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ABOUT IT ? YOUR OPTIONS ARE: > > > Y OR I : INSTALL THE PACKAGE MAINTAINER'S VERSION > > > N OR O : KEEP YOUR CURRENTLY-INSTALLED VERSION > > > D : SHOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VERSIONS > > > Z : BACKGROUND THIS PROCESS TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION > > > THE DEFAULT ACTION IS TO KEEP YOUR CURRENT VERSION. > > > *** VIEWVC.CONF (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [DEFAULT=N] ? DPKG: ERROR PROCESSING VIEWVC > > > (--CONFIGURE): > > > EOF ON STDIN AT CONFFILE PROMPT > > > SETTING UP XML-CORE (0.13) ... > > > ERRORS WERE ENCOUNTERED WHILE PROCESSING: > > > VIEWVC > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > [..] > > The full build log is available from: > > http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2010/12/11/viewvc.log > > > > It is reproducible by installing your package in a clean chroot, using > > the debconf Noninteractive frontend, and priority: critical. > > Presumably the bug is the relevant part quoted above (during upgrade > dpkg asks about the modified configuration file). > > This is happening because the lenny version modified > /etc/viewvc/viewvc.conf in postinst. Judging by the changelog this was > fixed in version 1.1.5-1 so the squeeze version should be OK. > > Btw, do you have any idea why part of the log is in all-caps? I ran into > this a couple of times but never found a cause.
I suspect it's a (fixed) bug somewhere in dpkg. I've never seen it with the squeeze version. - Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
