Re: base-config broken

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 08/19/05

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    Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:03:07 -0500
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    David Goodenough wrote:

    >On Friday 19 August 2005 12:20, Mark Crean wrote:
    >
    >
    >>On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 13:07 +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Setting up base-config (2.70) ...
    >>>/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
    >>>unexpected token `db_fset'
    >>>dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
    >>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    >>>
    >>>
    >Actually if you have already used apt-get to download the package then
    >simply editing it in place:-
    >
    >sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst
    >
    >and getting rid of the offending /
    >
    >and then rerunning apt-get -u upgrade
    >
    >is quite sufficient. There is no need to get the source.
    >
    >

    Concerning this last method: in a situation like this, even if you don't
    have access to bug reports, you can look at the file mentioned, at the
    line mentioned ("/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59:
    syntax error near unexpected token `db_fset'"), and often typos will be
    evident, even to non-programmers (but of course, sometimes not). Fix the
    typo, save the file, and try your upgrade again.

    Do this one time, and two things will happen:

    1) You'll be very proud of yourself

    and

    2) You'll appreciate the Freedom aspect of Free Software and the
    text-based aspect of much of *nix, which allows you to fix your own
    problems instead of being dependent on some other entity. 

    -- 
Kent
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