On 2004-03-25 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay Gents. Have done the editing of
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.[pre|post]inst > To have "set -x" as the second line > As they Both now are faulty since I downgraded to -5 and the re-updated to > -7 > I even did a "set -x" before I ran the command, as you will see. > -- Begin xf86-install-set-x-debug-out > Before this output of script, I edited both > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.preinst > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst > to have "set -x" as the second line. > Script started on Wed 24 Mar 2004 06:24:59 PM EST > duke:/win1# set -x > duke:/win1# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --debug=3773 --install [...] That does not work: * Because of the way debconf double-executes the config script set -x set for the current shell is not used when actually running the script. * Editing /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.* is lost when running 'dpkg --install', the interesting scripts (.config and .postinst - one of these was failing) are overwritten and the changes are lost before they are executed. Please install -7, *then* edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.(postinst|config) and afterwards run dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86. cu andreas -- "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason," [SPOILER] Svfurlr fnlf, fuhggvat qbja gur juveyvat tha. Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash"