Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-13 Thread Eric Valette
Frank Küster wrote: > which means that all lines with calls to db_* end with || true except > for db_version and db_go. This seems to indicate to me that *if* we > made an error with debconf, it wouldn't reveal itself as a failing > maintainer script. The full error message is included in the f

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-13 Thread Frank Küster
Eric Valette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I (of course!) took the postinst of the failing packages aka tex-common. > (Do not assume I'm stupid please). Sorry, I didn't want to offend; I just had a problem understanding your sentence, and that might well be due to my english being not good enough

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-13 Thread Eric Valette
Frank Küster wrote: > Eric Valette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Eric Valette wrote: >> >>>Joey Hess wrote: >>> >>> >>On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >> >> >> Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog.

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-13 Thread Frank Küster
Eric Valette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Valette wrote: >> Joey Hess wrote: >> >On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > > >>>Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... >>>debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. >>> >>> >>>I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Eric Valette
Eric Valette wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >>Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... >>debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. >> >> >>I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other >>debconf command that repro

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Eric Valette
Eric Valette wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >>Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... >>debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. >> >> >>I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other >>debconf command that repro

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Eric Valette
Joey Hess wrote: >>>On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >>> >Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... >debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. > > > I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other > debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clear

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Joey Hess
> > On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > >> > Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... > >> > debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clearly what it is. Most like

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Eric Valette
Frank Küster wrote: > reassign 338587 debconf > thanks > > Hi Debconf people, here's a grave bug filed against tex-common which > must in fact be debconf's fault: > > Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >> Setting up tex-common (0.10)

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2005-11-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 338587 debconf Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install Bug reassigned from package `tex-common' to `debconf'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking syst

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Frank Küster
reassign 338587 debconf thanks Hi Debconf people, here's a grave bug filed against tex-common which must in fact be debconf's fault: Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: >> > Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... >> > debconf: Unable to load Debconf

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > > debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog > > I don't understand so much about perl, but if I write > > use Debconf::Element::Dialog; > > don't I refer to $PERLPATH/Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm, which does not > exist? Maybe yes, but I don't c

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Hilmar Preusse
On 11.11.05 Norbert Preining ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Hi, > > > Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... > > > debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. > > > > > > Isn't that a message from debconf? > > Strange. Which version of debconf do you ha

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: > > Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... > > debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. > > > Isn't that a message from debconf? Strange. Which version of debconf do you have? My version contains: debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog deb

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Hilmar Preusse
On 11.11.05 Eric Valette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, > Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... > debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. > Isn't that a message from debconf? Further the File Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm does not exist in the unstable distribution, especially not in the packag

Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install

2005-11-11 Thread Eric Valette
Package: tex-common Version: 0.10 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Failed because: Can't locate Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7 /usr/loc