[Surfraw-devel] Bug#354263: surfraw: Version 2.1.2 fails to install

[Micah Anderson]

Package: surfraw
Version: 2.1.2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Setting up surfraw (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing surfraw (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 surfraw
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up surfraw (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing surfraw (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 surfraw

If I add -x to the postinst to see what is going on:

Setting up surfraw (2.1.2) ...
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/surfraw.postinst
configure 2.1.1
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_get surfraw/surfraw-path
+ _db_cmd 'GET surfraw/surfraw-path'
+ echo 'GET surfraw/surfraw-path'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='10 surfraw/surfraw-path doesn'\''t exist'
+ return 10
dpkg: error processing surfraw (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 surfraw
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up surfraw (2.1.2) ...
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/surfraw.postinst
configure 2.1.1
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_get surfraw/surfraw-path
+ _db_cmd 'GET surfraw/surfraw-path'
+ echo 'GET surfraw/surfraw-path'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='10 surfraw/surfraw-path doesn'\''t exist'
+ return 10
dpkg: error processing surfraw (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 surfraw



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

Versions of packages surfraw depends on:
ii  debconf               1.4.71             Debian configuration management sy
ii  elinks [www-browser]  0.10.6-1           advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  firefox [www-browser] 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2 lightweight web browser based on M
ii  galeon [www-browser]  2.0.0-3            GNOME web browser for advanced use
ii  konqueror [www-browse 4:3.5.1-1          KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii  mozilla-browser [www- 2:1.7.12-1.1       The Mozilla Internet application s
ii  w3m [www-browser]     0.5.1-4            WWW browsable pager with excellent

Versions of packages surfraw recommends:
ii  elinks [links]                0.10.6-1   advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  w3m                           0.5.1-4    WWW browsable pager with excellent

-- no debconf information

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

Versions of packages surfraw depends on:
ii  debconf               1.4.71             Debian configuration management sy
ii  elinks [www-browser]  0.10.6-1           advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  firefox [www-browser] 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2 lightweight web browser based on M
ii  galeon [www-browser]  2.0.0-3            GNOME web browser for advanced use
ii  konqueror [www-browse 4:3.5.1-1          KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii  mozilla-browser [www- 2:1.7.12-1.1       The Mozilla Internet application s
ii  w3m [www-browser]     0.5.1-4            WWW browsable pager with excellent

Versions of packages surfraw recommends:
ii  elinks [links]                0.10.6-1   advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  w3m                           0.5.1-4    WWW browsable pager with excellent

-- no debconf information