Debian bug report logs - #1638 dselect requires /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install Package: dpkg ; Reported by: Raul Miller ; Done: Ian Jackson . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Oct 11 12:28:39 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t36pT-000H0bC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:28 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03207 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-developer-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:26:59 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t36o7-000C04C; Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:27 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 19:41 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 19:41 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian developers list , debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1638: dselect requires /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install Raul Miller writes ("Bug#1638: dselect requires /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install"): > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.0.3 > > dselect won't let you "Choose the access method to use." if > /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install is missing, but this file is not > included in the package. Please delete /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd and all its contents. This is a leftover directory from something odd you've done (like manually unpacking a tarfile containing obsolete installation methods). /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd was included in one revision of the base disks, but the dpkg preinst will remove the directory if it sees that you are upgrading from a sufficiently early (pre-0.93.50) dpkg. I'll close this bug report. If there turns out to be some other route for getting the spurious hd directory in /usr/lib/dpkg/methods then we should reopen it and I'll write code for that into dpkg. I don't want to delete the directory unconditionally, because that seems like asking for future problems. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Raul Miller : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to Ian Jackson : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tad.micro.umn.edu!rdm Wed Oct 11 06:37:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t31LQ-000D8bC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 06:37 PDT Received: from rdm.legislate.com ([192.77.155.13]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA14267 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 06:36:54 -0700 Received: by rdm.legislate.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 09:37 EDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 09:37 EDT From: Raul Miller To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: dselect requires /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.3 dselect won't let you "Choose the access method to use." if /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd/install is missing, but this file is not included in the package. -- Raul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Raul Miller : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1638 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov