Installing sdic-eijiro failed because of no eijiro CD

[ahfuji]

Binary package hint: sdic-eijiro

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

~$ LANG=C apt-cache policy sdic-eijiro
sdic-eijiro:
  Installed: 2.1.3-16
  Candidate: 2.1.3-16
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.3-16 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I tried to install sdic-eijiro from console by aptitutude, but it failed with an error.
The error displayed is as follows.

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$ LANG=C sudo aptitude install sdic-eijiro
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsufary2{a} sdic-eijiro sufary{a}
0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/95.3kB of archives. After unpacking 340kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsufary2.
(Reading database ... 190550 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsufary2 (from .../libsufary2_2.1.1-8build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sdic-eijiro.
Unpacking sdic-eijiro (from .../sdic-eijiro_2.1.3-16_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sufary.
Unpacking sufary (from .../sufary_2.1.1-8build1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libsufary2 (2.1.1-8build1) ...

Setting up sdic-eijiro (2.1.3-16) ...
Building /usr/share/dict/eijiro.sdic ... /media/cdrom/eijiro/eijiro*.txt: No such file or directory
done.
Building suffix array (This will take a long long time) ... ERROR: text file mapping error.
dpkg: error processing sdic-eijiro (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up sufary (2.1.1-8build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sdic-eijiro
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up sdic-eijiro (2.1.3-16) ...
Building /usr/share/dict/eijiro.sdic ... /media/cdrom/eijiro/eijiro*.txt: No such file or directory
done.
Building suffix array (This will take a long long time) ... ERROR: text file mapping error.
dpkg: error processing sdic-eijiro (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sdic-eijiro
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
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I think this error results from a lack of eijiro dictionary data
because I find the following error message.
"""
Building /usr/share/dict/eijiro.sdic ... /media/cdrom/eijiro/eijiro*.txt: No such file or directory
done.
"""

Eijiro's CD is a commercial product and the debian package cannot include it without permission,
so the installation inevitably fails. I think this package is, as it is, useless for users
who want to use japanese-english and english-japanese dictionaries immediately.
I think this package needs to be reviewed again.

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

Can you confirm this bug with the latest package available for Karmic?

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

The version in karmic prompts the user for the path of eijiro cdrom (default to /media/cdrom/eijiro); if one points it at a bogus location (e.g. the person installaing doesn't actually have the cdrom), then the package installation still fails.

Marking as Fix Released, despite the suboptimal nature of the user interface/interaction.