| I would suspect a broken /var/cache/debconf/config.dat (error code 10 in | this context usually means a missing question, and if it isn't just an | isolated case it often means the database is corrupt). What version of | debconf do you have, and if you set DEBCONF_DEBUG='.*' in the | environment what do you see when you try to install one of those | packages?
cyberanarchy:~# dpkg -l debconf Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==================-==================-================================== ================== ii debconf 1.0.22 Debian configuration management system cyberanarchy:~# env DEBCONF_DEBUG='.*' dpkg --configure ash Setting up ash (0.3.8-35) ... debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File debconf (db configdb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/config.dat debconf (db configdb): loading database debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File debconf (db templatedb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat debconf (db templatedb): loading database debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (user): trying frontend Dialog debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is ash debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/ash.config configure 0.3.8-32 debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low ash/sh debconf (developer): --> 10 "ash/sh" doesn't exist debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/ash.postinst configure 0.3.8-32 debconf (developer): <-- GET ash/sh debconf (developer): --> 10 ash/sh doesn't exist debconf (db configdb): no database changes, not saving debconf (db templatedb): saving database dpkg: error processing ash (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: ash Okay, so "ash/sh" doesn't exist. I extracted the data.tar.gz from the .deb, and here is the list: cyberanarchy:~/testarea# tar -tzvvf data.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:53 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:54 ./bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 82456 2001-12-23 16:35:54 ./bin/ash drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:52 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:53 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:52 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:54 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 17570 2001-12-23 16:35:53 ./usr/share/man/man1/ash.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:53 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-23 16:35:54 ./usr/share/doc/ash/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 544 2000-08-04 06:33:48 ./usr/share/doc/ash/README.Debian -rw-r--r-- root/root 574 2000-08-04 06:48:49 ./usr/share/doc/ash/copyright -rw-r--r-- root/root 6625 2001-12-23 16:35:01 ./usr/share/doc/ash/changelog.Debian.gz I'm confused... Help? Thanks, Brooks
