Re: [trinity-devel] dpkg: error processing package tdm-trinity - tde-devels

14 Jul 2019

...
 >>> Nothing but a one line output reporting
"tdm-trinity is broken or not
>>> fully installed". :-( 
...
 >> The first line is the shebang line! 
...
 > And the second line is the one that didn't
have "-x" at end until I tried
> your suggestion. How do I "see where it's failing", and solve $SUBJECT?
 
...
  Have you tried adding " -x" to the first
line and not to the "set -e" line? 
# head tdm*
==> tdm-trinity.postinst01 <==
#! /bin/sh

set -e

# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

# debconf is not a registry, so we only fiddle with the default file if it
# does not exist
DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager

==> tdm-trinity.postinst02 <==
#! /bin/sh

set -e

# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule -x

# debconf is not a registry, so we only fiddle with the default file if it
# does not exist
DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager
# dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: tdm-trinity is broken or not fully installed
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