apt-get install cvs problem !!!

gabsik · 06-05-2006, 02:08 PM

I was installing cvs with apt-get and thhis is the otput process

Quote:

root@www:/var/www# install cvs
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cvs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1444kB of archives.
After unpacking 2998kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://debian.fastweb.it stable/main cvs 1:1.12.9-13 [1444kB]
Fetched 1444kB in 18s (79.2kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package cvs.
(Reading database ... 56649 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cvs (from .../cvs_1%3a1.12.9-13_i386.deb) ...
Setting up cvs (1.12.9-13) ...
cp: cannot create regular file `/var/backups/infodir.bak': No such file or directory
install-info(/usr/share/info/cvs.info): couldn't backup /usr/share/info/dir in /var/backups/infodir.bak: Inappropriate ioctl for device
cp: cannot create regular file `/var/backups/infodir.bak': No such file or directory
install-info(/usr/share/info/cvsclient.info): couldn't backup /usr/share/info/dir in /var/backups/infodir.bak: Inappropriate ioctl for device

What sort of error is this ? Have i to create a dir/file first ???

jonaskoelker · 06-06-2006, 09:38 AM

Since the error message comes after "Setting up cvs (...)", I would assume that it's a bug in the postinst script. Try getting it from a differnt mirror, or installing the version from testing (testing is in fact mightily stable

).

Also, if you've got a knack for shell scripting, look in the install scripts. Try running them with bash -x.

Hope this helps --Jonas