Hello, I've been having a problem with debconf for a couple days, & noticing the lack of bug reports or noise about it on the list, suspect it's due to some weird anomaly on my system.
It's debian unstable, kernel: Linux enlil 2.4.20-2003-03-03 #1 Mon Mar 3 14:38:11 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux package versions involved: ii perl 5.8.2-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report ii dpkg 1.10.18 Package maintenance system for Debian ii apt 0.5.14 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii aptitude 0.2.13-2 curses-based apt frontend The error, which is happening with passwd, zsh, cupsys-bsd, and common-lisp-controller, whether using aptitude, apt-get or dpkg -i: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i passwd_1%3a4.0.3-15_i386.deb(Reading database ... 103522 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace passwd 1:4.0.3-15 (using passwd_1%3a4.0.3-15_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement passwd ... Setting up passwd (4.0.3-15) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.postinst: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.postinst: line 13: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: Successdpkg: error processing passwd (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: passwd I'm reluctant to file a bug since it seems nobody else is experiencing this & I first noticed it on Saturday. I saw some messages regarding this error in the archives of the hppa list, but it turned out to be permission problems in /var/lib/dpkg/info/, which I don't think is the case here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50 Dec 12 19:11 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.conffiles -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7565 Dec 11 01:54 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6307 Dec 15 23:48 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10869 Dec 12 19:12 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.md5sums -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 754 Dec 12 19:11 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.postinst -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64 Dec 12 19:11 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.postrm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27206 Dec 12 19:12 /var/lib/dpkg/info/passwd.templates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls -l /usr/share/debconf/ total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2183 Dec 15 23:25 confmodule -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2822 Dec 1 21:17 confmodule.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 414 Dec 1 21:17 debconf.conf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1999 Dec 1 21:17 fix_db.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1946 Dec 15 23:46 frontend -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2390 Dec 1 21:17 transition_db.pl Any ideas would be appreciated, the errors are holding up installation/upgrading of all packages. Thank you, Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
