Comment 5 for bug 12272

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:09:34 -0800
From: Ryan Murray <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: fails to upgrade/install

Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10
Severity: grave

Preconfiguring packages ...
xserver-xfree86 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 139
(Reading database ... 88681 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xserver-xfree86 (from
..../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Running the preinst/postinst from -8 (the previously installed version)
or -10 from the command line with -x has both scripts exiting successfully.

I've tried using the dpkg from unstable as well, and there's no
difference.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-ac12
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-6 GCC support library
ii xserver-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 files and utilities common to all
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime