I think I can explain what is happening during the post-installation. One of the binaries which was compiled during the building of the package is executed, which is supposed to configure mozilla. However, it crashes, so the post-install script fails (with a not very informative message).
If the .deb file you are installing from was built with the October 2001 Developer Tools, then that binary file is bad and installation will fail on any machine. Do you have a .deb file which was built with the December 2001 Developer Tools, and which fails to install? -- Dave Jan de Leeuw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write: > Just to add to the confusion, I get the error below on my powerbook > and I do NOT get this error on my Cube. I USED to get it > on my G4 (dual 1Ghz), but suddenly, a couple of days ago, I did NOT get > the error any more, and mozilla installed on that machine. > > All these machines run the december developer tools -- so I would be very > surprised if that was the reason. Also, everything compiles and links > fine, it's > just the post-installation script that acts up. My guess is that it is > some > subtle differences in the fink installations (what is there, what isn't > there) > on the various machines. > > On Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 12:54 PM, fink-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > > powerpc/web/mozilla_0.9.8-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > (Reading database ... 55675 files and directories currently > > installed.) > > Unpacking mozilla (from .../mozilla_0.9.8-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > > Setting up mozilla (0.9.8-1) ... > > dpkg: error processing mozilla (--install): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 138 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > mozilla > > ### dpkg failed, exit code 1 > > Failed: can't install package mozilla-0.9.8-1 > > _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
