Re: debconf wonky

2003-08-07 Thread Richard Hector
Apologies for not replying to the thread; I didn't realise it was of interest to me until I found it in the archives, by which time I'd deleted it. Anyway, in case anyone else is struggling with this: Taking hints from Joey Hess, I did something like: cd /var/lib/dpkg/info cp xserver-xfree86.tem

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joey Hess
Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:41:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Apparently this backport did not take the po-debconf conversion into > > account, and just tossed "_Description" fields into the .debs. Not > > correct. > > Uhm... what does it mean? Do I need to ba

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:41:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Apparently this backport did not take the po-debconf conversion into > account, and just tossed "_Description" fields into the .debs. Not > correct. Uhm... what does it mean? Do I need to backport a newer debconf or do I need to a

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joey Hess
Antony Gelberg wrote: > They're all good questions. :) It's only happening with X. > > brain:/home/antgel# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.templates > > It's backport city, I'm afraid... > >

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:19:57PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got any > ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about templates > fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Can you run everything inside 'sc

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 04:25:13PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:19, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got > > any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about > > templates fly by

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:19, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got > any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about > templates fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Hi Antony Is this limited to on

debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Antony Gelberg
Hi all, Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about templates fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Antony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou