Bug#399024: vim: Upgrade fails because of missing man page directory

[Larry Lade]

Package: vim
Version: 1:7.0-164+1
Followup-For: Bug #399024


Confirmed.

This bug appears in packages vim, vim-gnome, and vim-gtk.

Note this bug also occurs when trying to REMOVE the packages in question. 

--Begin output--

Setting up vim (7.0-164+1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.ru.UTF-8.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing vim (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up vim-gnome (7.0-164+1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.ru.UTF-8.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing vim-gnome (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up vim-gtk (7.0-164+1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.ru.UTF-8.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing vim-gtk (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

--End output--

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-howard
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                     1.19.6-23   General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-5       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  vim-common                   1:7.0-164+1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-runtime                  1:7.0-164+1 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim recommends no packages.

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