I'm having trouble installing the latest ssh from woody: danjah:~# dpkg -D3773 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a3.0.2p1-8_i386.deb D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci' (Reading database ... 63983 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a3.0.2p1-8_i386.deb) ... D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/ssh/ssh_config' no package, no hash D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/ssh/moduli' no package, no hash D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/init.d/ssh' no package, no hash D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/pam.d/ssh' no package, no hash D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( ) dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a3.0.2p1-8_i386.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10 D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( ) D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci' D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting running rm -rf D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb' Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a3.0.2p1-8_i386.deb
Upgrading also failed, so then I tried a purge followed by the above install. Is there a way to get more useful information out of the preinst script? can dpkg somehow have it "set -v" ? I had no trouble upgrading ssh on another woody machine that I maintain so this must be something specific to this machine. thanks, Tim
