This also occurs on powerpc (new-powerpc on ibook) using this afternoon's Woody bootfloppies. Scripts from /tmp/base-config.$$/ are failing in association with db_* calls. After disabling a couple by inserting "exit 0" at the beginning, I switched 50tasksel to be run with bash -x, yielding this (transcribing from another machine, typos are probably mine):
[ various evals as the db_*() methods are loaded ] + db_title 'Debian System Configuration' + echo 'TITLE Debian System Configuration' + local 'IFS= ' + local _LINE + read -r _LINE + RET=0 + return 0 + '[' -x /usr/bin/tasksel ']' + db_fset base-config/run-tasksel seen false + echo 'FSET base-config/run-tasksel' seen false + local 'IFS= ' + local _LINE + read -r _LINE + RET=base-config/run-tasksel doesn't exist + return 0 [ base-config loops back to the beginning ] Assuming that the "base-config/run-tasksel" is trying to invoke a script somewhere, I looked for base-config dirs on the filesystem. Ignoring one each in /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/lintian/overrides, there's a /usr/share/base-config and /usr/lib/base-config. /usr/lib/base-config contains copies of the scripts found in /tmp/base-config.$$/. /usr/share/base-config/ contains only a file Mirrors.masterlist. -- Devin \ aqua(at)devin.com, 1024D/E9ABFCD2; http://www.devin.com Carraway \ IRC: Requiem GCS/CC/L s-:--- !a !tv C++++$ ULB+++$ O+@ P L+++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]