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pam package

  1. Bug #295135
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 295135

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 295135] Re: libpam-runtime fails to upgrade from feisty to intrepid

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:34:30AM -0000, Val-libre wrote:
> You're assuming that everyeone should have installed from scratch since
> hardy ? intrepid ?

No; I'm telling you that direct upgrades from gutsy to intrepid, without
first upgrading to hardy as an intermediate step, are not supported.

> And LANG=C apt-get -f install

> leads to :

> Undefined subroutine &main::x_loadtemplatefile called at /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update line 99.
> dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libpam-runtime
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Downgrade to the hardy version of libpam-runtime (and related packages as
necessary), then upgrade debconf.