Bug#47615: general: dpkg-preconfig broken during update

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 06:34:08PM -0700, jstevens@borg.phx.mcd.mot.com wrote:
> Package: general
> Version: 19991017
> Severity: important
> 
> dpkg-preconfig broke apt during apt-get upgrade.
> Now apt is failing to run postinstall scripts,
> xlib upgrade must be done by hand to fix system.

i ran into this yesterday. it turned out to be an undeclared dependancy
on debconf.

is debconf *supposed* to be base? it is now. and so is data-dumper and
"perl | perl5".

craig

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craig sanders