trunk/doc/README.package_problems

# $Id$

In FAI 2.2 thers a segfault in dpkg with potato, when nvi will be
installed. So I removed this from package_config/SERVER.


In FAI 2.0 there are no problems of this type.
So this file may be obsolete in future.


dpkg segfaults sometimes depending on package list
------------------------------------------------------------

The installation of packages (without interaction) depends on the
success of apt-get (using dpkg). But some packages are broken and an
error occurs during installation. Some workarounds are made in rcS_fai
in the subsourine prepare_apt. Most problems occur if postinst script
has a loop, when all questions are answered with <Return> or
n<Return>.

Following table describes the problems with postinstall script.

INPUT is what is typed to all questions of the postinstall script.
The value of the cossespondening column means:

L = script go into a loop (will ask forever)
O = OK (script finishes successfully)


                        I N P U T

package name |Return|  N  |  Y  |     |     | Comments
-------------------------------------------------------
libpaperg    |      |  L  |  L  |     |     |
dump         |  O   |  O  |  O  |     |     |
ingerman     |  O   |  L  |  L  |     |     |
iportuguese  |  O   |  L  |  L  |     |     |
xserver-svga |  L   |  O  |  L  |     |     |
nis          |  O   |     |     |     |     |
ntp          |      |  O  |     |     |     | needs a /etc/ntp.conf
             |      |     |     |     |     |
cslatex      |  O   |  L  |     |     |     | calls initex which needs <CR>
             |      |     |     |     |     |


Following packages are know to have errors:

xf86setup
xserver-svga (does not like n<Return>)
ntp          (does not like n<Return>)
telnetd      must installed before nis (adduser hangs ?)
ssmtp        hostname --fqdn breaks in chroot environment
1	# $Id$
2
3	In FAI 2.2 thers a segfault in dpkg with potato, when nvi will be
4	installed. So I removed this from package_config/SERVER.
5
6
7	In FAI 2.0 there are no problems of this type.
8	So this file may be obsolete in future.
9
10
11	dpkg segfaults sometimes depending on package list
12	------------------------------------------------------------
13
14	The installation of packages (without interaction) depends on the
15	success of apt-get (using dpkg). But some packages are broken and an
16	error occurs during installation. Some workarounds are made in rcS_fai
17	in the subsourine prepare_apt. Most problems occur if postinst script
18	has a loop, when all questions are answered with <Return> or
19	n<Return>.
20
21	Following table describes the problems with postinstall script.
22
23	INPUT is what is typed to all questions of the postinstall script.
24	The value of the cossespondening column means:
25
26	L = script go into a loop (will ask forever)
27	O = OK (script finishes successfully)
28
29
30	I N P U T
31
32	package name \|Return\| N \| Y \| \| \| Comments
33	-------------------------------------------------------
34	libpaperg \| \| L \| L \| \| \|
35	dump \| O \| O \| O \| \| \|
36	ingerman \| O \| L \| L \| \| \|
37	iportuguese \| O \| L \| L \| \| \|
38	xserver-svga \| L \| O \| L \| \| \|
39	nis \| O \| \| \| \| \|
40	ntp \| \| O \| \| \| \| needs a /etc/ntp.conf
41	\| \| \| \| \| \|
42	cslatex \| O \| L \| \| \| \| calls initex which needs <CR>
43	\| \| \| \| \| \|
44
45
46	Following packages are know to have errors:
47
48	xf86setup
49	xserver-svga (does not like n<Return>)
50	ntp (does not like n<Return>)
51	telnetd must installed before nis (adduser hangs ?)
52	ssmtp hostname --fqdn breaks in chroot environment
Name	Value
svn:eol-style	native
svn:keywords	Author Date Id Revision