Well, I found out that if I change the terminal type from linux to VT100 those escape codes are not generated and so everything works. I did notice that during this upgrade a new version of /etc/terminfo/l/linux was installed, anyway that something in there could do this?
on Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:58:29 -0500 Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John covici wrote: >> debconf (developer): <-- [11;80][10;1800]VERSION 2.0 >> dpkg: error processing foomatic-bin (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20 > >> debconf (developer): <-- [11;80][10;1800]VERSION 2.0 >> dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20 > > Well the problem seems to be this garbage that is being fed into > debconf, and so it returns a protocol error (code 20). It looks like > terminal escape codes. Any idea why your echo command would be > outputting escape sequences when told to echo something like "VERSION 2.0"? > > -- > see shy jo -- John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]