Stéphane <cycleballe@free.fr> wrote:
> Trying to install sed (either with apt-get or dpkg), I get this :

> "Paramétrage de sed (4.1.2-2) ...

> No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
> install-info(/usr/share/info/sed.info): unable to determine description
> for `dir' entry - giving up
> dpkg : erreur de traitement de sed (--install) :
> le sous-processus post-installation script a retourné une erreur de "

> What does it mean ?

Me too! I think sed update (11/16/2004) caused this! Check mine out:

Fetched 246kB in 5s (48.1kB/s)
Setting up sed (4.1.2-2) ...

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/sed.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing sed (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
sed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up sed (4.1.2-2) ...

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/sed.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing sed (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
sed


# apt-get -t stable --reinstall install sed
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up sed (4.1.2-2) ...

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/sed.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing sed (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
sed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


# ls -all /bin/sed
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41048 2004-11-16 08:29 /bin/sed


I think I will go contact Clint Adams at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/sed
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