Subject: gettext: Package will not configure
Package: gettext
Version: 0.16.1-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
gettext will not configure because it claims to need access to
/usr/share/info/dir when /usr/share/info is a file, so the directory
cannot exist. Debian tries to configure the package whenever any
updates or other installations are run and it often makes updating the
system impossible.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq gettext
Password:
(Reading database ... 96157 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gettext ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info): no file /usr/share/info/dir,
retrieving backup file /var/backups/infodir.bak.
cp: accessing `/usr/share/info/dir': Not a directory
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info): copying
/var/backups/infodir.bak to /usr/share/info/dir failed, giving up: Not a
directory
dpkg: error processing gettext (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info):
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Errors were encountered while processing:
gettext
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up gettext (0.16.1-2) ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/gettext.info):
dpkg: error processing gettext (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 20
Errors were encountered while processing:
gettext
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
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