[mythtv-users] debian multimedia.org deb problem
Yan Seiner
yan at seiner.com
Tue Apr 22 01:24:29 UTC 2008
starcycle wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>
>> I've installed the latest and greatest from debian_multimedia.org.
>> Everything works fine, expect I keep getting this error:
>>
>> Setting up mythtv-common (0.21-0.12) ...
>> dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure):
>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>>
>> Everything works fine, but I now get these errors every time I try to use
>> apt-get/dpkg/etc.
>>
>> I've tried various settings but I can't get any more information about
>> this mysterious error exit status and the reason why it's showing up.
>>
>> --
>>
>
> the first thing I would try is to reinstall using a different mirror.
> it might just be a bad package.
>
> apt-get install --reinstall mythtv-common
>
Tried that. Turns out that if the mythtv user exists, the install will
partially fail - silently.
deluser mythtv
apt-get install --reinstall mythtv-common
and the problem goes away.
Bug report filed.
--Yan
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