Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org> wrote: > Your script is setting IFS=","
Yes, indeed. > All you need to do to fix it in your script though is to restore IFS > before you start talking to debconf. Doesn't work, unfortunately: # now get rid of the commas by assigning to the positional parameters set -x OLD_IFS="$IFS" IFS=', ' set $ListOfBinariesToUseLibpaper IFS=$OLDIFS for binary in "$@"; do if texconfig-sys $binary paper $LibpaperPaper; then # all is well : else db_subst texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant binary "$binary" Results in + OLD_IFS= + IFS=, + set pdftex dvips dvipdfmx xdvi + IFS= + texconfig-sys pdftex paper Monarch debconf (developer): <-- X_LOADTEMPLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/ucf.templates ucf debconf (developer): --> 0 debconf (developer): <-- X_LOADTEMPLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/ucf.templates ucf debconf (developer): --> 0 + : + texconfig-sys dvips paper Monarch debconf (developer): <-- X_LOADTEMPLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/ucf.templates ucf debconf (developer): --> 0 + : + texconfig-sys dvipdfmx paper Monarch texconfig: unknown PAPER `Monarch' given as argument for `texconfig dvipdfmx paper' texconfig: try `texconfig dvipdfmx paper' for help + db_subst texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant binary dvipdfmx + _db_cmd SUBST texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant binary dvipdfmx + IFS= printf %s\n SUBST texlive-base/texconfig_ignorantbinarydvipdfmx + IFS= read -r _db_internal_line debconf (developer): <-- SUBST texlive-base/texconfig_ignorantbinarydvipdfmx debconf (developer): --> 20 Incorrect number of arguments + RET=20 Incorrect number of arguments + return 20 dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20 Errors were encountered while processing: texlive-base With IFS=' ' it works, but that doesn't look right? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Sprecher B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg Debian Developer (TeXLive) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r55vtgh2....@alhambra.kuesterei.ch