Debian bug report logs - #1688 svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig Package: binutils ; Reported by: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton); Done: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Mon Oct 16 18:22:53 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t50k0-0006GpC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 18:22 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16002 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 18:22:27 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t51m9-0007u9C; Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:29 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t50jm-0002aOC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:22 BST Message-Id: Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:22 BST From: Ian Jackson To: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton), debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig Neil Turton writes ("Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig"): > J.H.M.Dassen(jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL) wrote: > > Could you please check if you have '/sbin' and '/usr/sbin' in your PATH > > for root? If not, add them and try again. > > Aaaargh. Sorry. /sbin and /usr/sbin missing from path. My mistake. I > guess I just had an off day. :) Would it be useful for dpkg to check for this and issue a warning if it is started in a package management mode without /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin on the PATH ? If so, would someone please reassign this bug to dpkg (and reopen it if necessary). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1688 ; Package binutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From WI.LeidenUniv.NL!jdassen Mon Oct 16 13:01:07 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4vic-0006HWC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 13:01 PDT Received: from mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (zeus128.wi.leidenuniv.nl) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22369 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:00:41 -0700 Received: from ind143b.wi.leidenuniv.nl (ind143b [132.229.128.230]) by mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (8.6.10a/SBH-1.20.1-M) with ESMTP id VAA05763 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:00:59 +0100 (MET) From: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Organization: Leiden University, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands Received: from (jdassen@localhost) by ind143b.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.6.9/FHM-1.03-S) id UAA26117 for debian-bugs-done@pixar.com; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 20:00:58 GMT (MET) Message-Id: <199510162000.UAA26117@ind143b.wi.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Re: Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:00:57 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: from "Neil Turton" at Oct 16, 95 05:51:00 pm Return-Receipt-To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL X-Home-Page: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 (modified)] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 253 > J.H.M.Dassen(jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL) wrote: > > Could you please check if you have '/sbin' and '/usr/sbin' in your PATH > > for root? If not, add them and try again. I'm closing this bug. This solved the problem. Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton) : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chu.cam.ac.uk!ndt1001 Mon Oct 16 09:46:18 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4sg5-0006G1C; Mon, 16 Oct 95 09:46 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08230 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:45:32 -0700 Received: by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t4thR-0007u9C; Mon, 16 Oct 95 17:51 GMT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 16 Oct 95 17:51 GMT From: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton) To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL, debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: <199510161229.MAA22505@ind206aa.wi.leidenuniv.nl> (jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL) Subject: Re: Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig J.H.M.Dassen(jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL) wrote: > Could you please check if you have '/sbin' and '/usr/sbin' in your PATH > for root? If not, add them and try again. Aaaargh. Sorry. /sbin and /usr/sbin missing from path. My mistake. I guess I just had an off day. :) -- Neil Turton, Assistant computer officer, Churchill college, Cambridge. CB3 0DS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1688 ; Package binutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Mon Oct 16 05:55:53 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4p56-00063gC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 05:55 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27566 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 05:55:18 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 16 Oct 95 20:32 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig To: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@Pixar.com Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 20:32:30 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Neil Turton" at Oct 16, 95 01:01:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 818 Neil Turton writes: > > Package: binutils > Version: 2.5.2-3 > > During the configuration of svgalib, the postinst script complained > about a command not being found. A sample output is given below. I am > using a Debian 0.93R6, with the 1.2.13 kernel, and libc 4.6.27 as > distributed. I think ldconfig should be in the binutils package, but > it does not appear to be. 'dpkg --search ldconfig' would tell you it's part of the ldso package. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1688 ; Package binutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From WI.LeidenUniv.NL!jdassen Mon Oct 16 05:30:05 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4og8-000646C; Mon, 16 Oct 95 05:30 PDT Received: from mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (zeus128.wi.leidenuniv.nl) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27396 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 05:29:30 -0700 Received: from ind206aa.wi.leidenuniv.nl (jdassen@ind206aa [132.229.128.222]) by mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (8.6.10a/SBH-1.20.1-M) with ESMTP id NAA24574 Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:29:47 +0100 (MET) From: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Organization: Leiden University, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands Received: from (jdassen@localhost) by ind206aa.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.6.9/FHM-1.03-S) id MAA22505 Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:29:45 GMT (MET) Message-Id: <199510161229.MAA22505@ind206aa.wi.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Re: Bug#1688: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig To: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@Pixar.com Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:29:44 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: from "Neil Turton" at Oct 16, 95 01:01:00 pm Return-Receipt-To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL X-Home-Page: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 (modified)] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 957 > During the configuration of svgalib, the postinst script complained > about a command not being found. A sample output is given below. I am > using a Debian 0.93R6, with the 1.2.13 kernel, and libc 4.6.27 as > distributed. I think ldconfig should be in the binutils package, but > it does not appear to be. > > $ dpkg --configure svgalib > Setting up svgalib ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/svgalib.postinst: ldconfig: command not found > dpkg: error processing svgalib (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 > Errors were encountered while processing: > svgalib Could you please check if you have '/sbin' and '/usr/sbin' in your PATH for root? If not, add them and try again. Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. 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Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chu.cam.ac.uk!ndt1001 Mon Oct 16 04:55:46 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4o8w-00063dC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 04:55 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25820 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 04:55:17 -0700 Received: by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t4pAa-0007u9C; Mon, 16 Oct 95 13:01 GMT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 16 Oct 95 13:01 GMT From: ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: svgalib postinst cant find ldconfig Package: binutils Version: 2.5.2-3 During the configuration of svgalib, the postinst script complained about a command not being found. A sample output is given below. I am using a Debian 0.93R6, with the 1.2.13 kernel, and libc 4.6.27 as distributed. I think ldconfig should be in the binutils package, but it does not appear to be. $ dpkg --configure svgalib Setting up svgalib ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/svgalib.postinst: ldconfig: command not found dpkg: error processing svgalib (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: svgalib -- Neil Turton, Assistant computer officer, Churchill college, Cambridge. CB3 0DS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to ndt1001@chu.cam.ac.uk (Neil Turton) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1688 ; Package binutils . 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