I had this problem as well. Just apt-get install diald/stable that should fix it. The package maintainer knows about this bug and it's been dormant forever as last I checked.
--mike On 09 Aug 2001 14:24:03 +0100, P Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > a week or so ago I tried installing diald and it failed. Since then it > keeps failing to get installed. Does andone know how to flush it out of > the cash and thus allow me to download a more stable version? > > I'm running woody. > > Details of a recent attempt are below. > > > enterprise:/home/patrick/bin# apt-get install diald > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > diald > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > upgraded. > Need to get 0B/173kB of archives. After unpacking 582kB will be used. > Preconfiguring packages ... > diald failed to preconfigure, with exit status 30 > Selecting previously deselected package diald. > (Reading database ... 27632 files and directories currently > installed.) > Unpacking diald (from .../diald_0.99.4-2.1_i386.deb) ... > Setting up diald (0.99.4-2.1) ... > dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30 > Errors were encountered while processing: > diald > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >