[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#1094182: lazarus-src-3.8: Package install fails with error "Syntax error: "fi" unexpected"

[Thorsten de Jong]

Package: lazarus-src-3.8
Version: dfsg1-1_all
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer

on upgrading lazarus, the named package fails to install. The error message
from aptitude is:

"
(Lese Datenbank ... 900231 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../lazarus-src-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-1_all.deb ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 10: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Archivs /var/cache/apt/archives/lazarus-
src-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 »neues pre-installation-Skript des Paketes lazarus-src-3.8«-Unterprozess gab
den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/lazarus-src-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-1_all.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von lazarus-3.8:
 lazarus-3.8 hängt ab von lazarus-src-3.8 (>= 3.8+dfsg1-1); aber:
  Paket lazarus-src-3.8 ist nicht installiert.
"

Sincerely,
Thorsten de Jong.


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Debian Release: trixie/sid
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lazarus-src-3.8 depends on no packages.

lazarus-src-3.8 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages lazarus-src-3.8 suggests:
ii  lazarus-ide-3.8  3.8+dfsg1-1