Comment 2 for bug 28320

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:44:54 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frank_K=FCster?= <email address hidden>
To: Eduard Bloch <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#347355: unable to install tetex-extra, preinst failure

severity 347355 important
found 347355 3.0-11
stop

Eduard Bloch <email address hidden> wrote:

> Package: tetex-extra
> Version: 1.0.2+20021025-7
> Severity: grave
>
> Hello,
>
> I cannot install tetex-extra because its preinst shows weird md5sum
> problems (see below). I have been told that may be caused by obsolete cor=
eutils,
> however this is a up-to-date Sid system (installed with Slink or so and
> dist-upgraded from then). Tetex-extra may have been installed and then
> deinstalled in the past, I don't remember.

Obviously it had its conffiles on the system, since the reported version
of tetex-extra is from oldstable (woody). Although this case does not
by the letter fall under the "we don't support upgrades from n to >=3Dn+2",
I think the case is really rare, and doesn't warrant a grave severity.

> Unpacking tetex-extra (from .../tetex-extra_3.0-11_all.deb) ...
> /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ams: md5sum not known. Exiting
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-11_all.deb=
 (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

I'll add the woody md5sum of this file and its sisters to the
known-md5sums list.

The workaround would be to purge tetex-extra.

Regards, Frank
--=20
Frank K=FCster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Z=FCrich
Debian Developer