[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#483607: kbd: inserv error upon installation

[Michael Schutte]

Hi,

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:46:30PM +0200, Wolf Wiegand wrote:
> on a current unstable system, I tried to install kbd (together with gyrus,
> that's why that package is appearing in the following transcript):
> 
> $ sudo apt-get install kbd gyrus
> [...] 
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   console-tools 
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   gyrus kbd libgnet2.0-0
> [...]
> dpkg: console-tools: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
>  hibernate depends on console-tools | kbd; however:
>   Package console-tools is to be removed.
>   Package kbd is not installed.
>  pm-utils depends on kbd | console-tools; however:
>   Package kbd is not installed.
>   Package console-tools is to be removed.
>  console-common depends on kbd | console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3dbs-54); however:
>   Package kbd is not installed.
>   Package console-tools is to be removed.
>  acpi-support-base depends on console-utilities; however:
>   Package console-utilities is not installed.
>   Package console-tools which provides console-utilities is to be removed.
> Removing console-tools ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up kbd (1.14.1-2) ...
> insserv: script console-screen.kbd.sh: service console-screen already provided!
> insserv: exiting now!
> dpkg: error processing kbd (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  kbd
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

This is caused by /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh and
/etc/init.d/console-screen.kbd.sh having the same “Provides:
console-screen” line—which makes sense, but does not work as config
files are not removed by default.

I’ll see about sorting this out by changing the init script header to
something unique; until then, you can

	sudo aptitude purge console-tools

to solve the problem locally.

Cheers,
-- 
Michael Schutte <m.schutte.jr at gmail.com>
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