Bug#293845: Syntax error in dpkg-preconfigure

["Adam D. Barratt" <debian-bts@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

reassign 293845 debconf
severity 293845 grave
close 293845
merge 293845 293666
thanks

On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 11:27 +0100, Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.26
> Severity: important
> 
> When running apt-get upgrade I got this output. Note the syntax error
> right after fetching the packages. They seemed to install ok, but I
> don't really feel safe ignoring this...
[...]
> Get:2 http://ftp.acc.umu.se unstable/main debconf 1.4.45 [102kB]
[...]
> String found where operator expected at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 96, near "die sprintf(gettext(""
>   (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 94)
>         (Missing semicolon on previous line?)

This isn't a dpkg bug, as dpkg-reconfigure isn't part of dpkg.

adam@kaa:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure
debconf: /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure

This was also fixed yesterday in debconf 1.4.44. Based on the above
output, you've already got a debconf package containing the fix
installed.

Reassigning this to debconf, closing and merging with the other reports.

Regards,

Adam