[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#268766: gpm: Bug in postinst script

[Kristine Daniels]

Package: gpm
Version: 1.19.6-17
Severity: important


Postinst script tries to create /dev/mouse symlink and doesn't
properly handle case that this file exists already

>From the failed ugprade
# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up gpm (1.19.6-17) ...
ln: `/dev/mouse': File exists
dpkg: error processing gpm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gpm



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.4.32       Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                 2.8.4        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  ucf                         1.08         Update Configuration File: preserv

-- debconf information:
* gpm/responsiveness:
* gpm/repeat_type: ms3
* gpm/append:
  gpm/gpmconfig_fix: true
* gpm/restart: false
* gpm/sample_rate:
* gpm/device: /dev/input/mice
* gpm/restart_default: true
* gpm/type: autops2