I seem to recall seeing a recommendation to install the testing version of debconf and then rerun the dist-upgrade.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 11:13:59PM +0100, Stephen J. Thompson wrote: > Thanks for that, > > Any idea when the updates could be ready? > > Regards, > > Stephen. > > > On Monday 30 July 2001 10:56 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:48:15PM +0100, Stephen J . Thompson wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have just attempted to upgrade from stable to testing and I have > > > received the following error: > > > > > > [Scanning packages]Template parse error near "" at > > > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 60, <TEMPLATES> chunk 2. > > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code > > > (29) > > > > [...] > > > > > Anyone seen this before? Should this be passed on to the developers? > > > > It's OK - that one's been noticed, Joey tracked it down, and is being > > fixed. The problem was that some packages were using a syntax in their > > debconf template files that newer debconf understands but the version in > > stable didn't. The bugs have been filed with severity 'grave', so > > they'll be fixed before the next release. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
