Bug#355128: gconf2-common: post installation error: missing file or directory /usr/share/gconf/default.path and /etc/gconf/2/path

Max Franco maxter at email.it
Fri Mar 3 14:12:39 UTC 2006


Package: gconf2-common
Version: 2.12.1-11
Severity: normal

after updating of the package, trying to fix the problem with `apt-get -f
install` or every further package installation leads to the following 
error message:

LANG=C apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up gconf2-common (2.12.1-11) ...
mv: cannot move `/usr/share/gconf/default.path' to
`/USR/SHARE/GCONF/DEFAULT.PATH': No such file or directory
mv: cannot move `/etc/gconf/2/path' to `/ETC/GCONF/2/PATH': No such file
or directory
dpkg: error processing gconf2-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgconf2-4:
libgconf2-4 depends on gconf2-common (= 2.12.1-11); however:
Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgconf2-4 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2:
gconf2 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.11.1); however:
Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
gconf2 depends on gconf2-common (= 2.12.1-11); however:
Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
gconf2-common
libgconf2-4
gconf2
	       

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT at euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages gconf2-common depends on:
ii  ucf                           2.005      Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages gconf2-common recommends:
ii  zenity                        2.12.1-2   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

-- no debconf information





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