Bug#812517: heroes: Fails to install: touch: cannot touch `/var/games/heroes/scores': No such file or directory

[Axel Beckert]

Package: heroes
Version: 0.21-11
Severity: serious

Hi,

heroes fails to install as follows for me:

Setting up heroes (0.21-11) ...
touch: cannot touch `/var/games/heroes/scores': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package heroes (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up heroes-sound-effects (1.0-5) ...
Setting up heroes-sound-tracks (1.0-5) ...
[…]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 heroes
[…]
Failed to perform requested operation on package.  Trying to recover:
Setting up heroes (0.21-11) ...
touch: cannot touch `/var/games/heroes/scores': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package heroes (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 heroes

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (980, 'unstable-debug'), (600, 'testing'), (111, 'buildd-unstable'), (111, 'buildd-experimental'), (110, 'experimental'), (105, 'experimental-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages heroes depends on:
ii  heroes-data      1.5-3
ii  libc6            2.21-7
ii  libsdl-mixer1.2  1.2.12-11+b1
ii  libsdl1.2debian  1.2.15-12

Versions of packages heroes recommends:
ii  heroes-sound-effects  1.0-5
ii  heroes-sound-tracks   1.0-5

heroes suggests no packages.

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