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. >>>> >>>> >>>>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 likely is that the file has gone missing on the local system due to >>>>disk corruption, accidental deletion, or a screwed up local install of >>>>perl that's somehow not finding it. >>>> >>> >>> >>>Disks are clean. I reinstalled debconf, dialog. No change. >>> >> >>I extracted the postinst script and run it manually. I have run "sh -x >>./postinst configure" by hand, replaced by the maintainer version of I >>don't remember what and the bug is gone??? Black magic somewhere. > > > Sorry, I don't completely understand: You don't know which package's > postinst you were running? Or you do know this (which?) but don't > remember where you took the postinst from?
I (of course!) took the postinst of the failing packages aka tex-common. (Do not assume I'm stupid please). When I ran "postinst configure" it prompted a dialog window asking to either keep my installed version of a configuration file (THAT configuration file name I do not remember) and I selected replace by maintainer version as I wanted to be sure the problem was not comming from incompatible version of this configuration file. The "postins" command suceeded and the "apt-get -f install" after it. So if the problem was involing only "debconf", I suspect the run by hand "postinst configure" would have not solved it magically. You can continue to play ping pong between tex-common and debconf or close the bug. I guess it will resurface later via another bug. BTW the bug leading for the change in tex-common 0.9->0.10 looks very similar as my debconf default config is "dialog/LOW". -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]