Re: ed 1.33 install errors
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 09:13:47PM -0400, Rob Bochan wrote:
>> On Monday 01 June 2009 08:53:19 pm Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> > Script started on Mon Jun 1 20:50:14 2009
>> > localhost:~# aptitude install ed
>> > ...
>> > update-alternatives: error: alternative path /bin/ed doesn't exist.
>> > dpkg: error processing ed (--configure):
>> > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status
>> > 2 Errors were encountered while processing:
>> > ed
>> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> I got the same error here. I fixed it by creating a symlink from /usr/bin/ed
>> to /bin/ and that cleared it up. I'd imagine it's a bug in the package.
>
thank you, I solved it by this way.
> Considering that the main use of ed is either for scripted editing or
> for editing when ncurses (or gui) isn't working, the bug is probably
> having it in /usr/bin instead of /bin. In Lenny, its in /bin (at least
> on my box). I would argue that another bug is that its not statically
> linked but Debian doesn't seem to worry about having basic stuff static
> and refer people to a live CD for system rescue.
>
> Doug.
>
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