Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >>> Setting up texlive-base-bin (2007-13) ... >>> sed: -e expression #1, char 25: unterminated `s' command >>> dpkg: error processing texlive-base-bin (--configure): >>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >>> >> >> This is strange. I have tested the sed expression even in real life >> installations several times. >> >> What is your shell, dash by chance? >> >> > > I'm at the froscon at the moment and can't test it at the machine where > the error happened, but I'm pretty sure I'm using dash as sh.
I have no time for testing either, but one thing that looks suspicious to me is that the expression is not quoted at all: - sed -i -e s/^$format[[:space:]].*/$modified_line/ $new_cfg + sed -i -e "s/^$format[[:space:]].*/$modified_line/" $new_cfg Second, a '/' in the comment part of $modified line will prematurely end the expression (that's probably not the problem here). Bernd, if you come to testing it on your system, editing /var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base-bin.postinst and adding a "set -x" line at the beginning (and maybe "set +x" after the case statement with the sed expression) might be helpful. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
