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[Olliver Schinagl <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Mattia,

On 04-10-17 11:52, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u141-b15-1~deb9u1
> Control: severity -1 serious
>
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 09:47:12PM +0200, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
> > Package: java-8-openjdk
> >
> > Version 8u141-b15-1~deb9u1
>
> Please use reportbug to report your bugs if you are unsure about the the
> proper syntax: the package you mentioned doesn't exist, and the version
> line lacks a column.
Sorry, but I was on a fedora system during the time of reporting, and 
the system on which it was running was a headless container that was 
being installed, with a non-debian host.

> > Severity: normal
>
> failures to install are serious bugs.
>
> Reassigning and leaving the rest of the message as a context for the
> maintainer.
>
> > When setting up java-8-openjdk on a minimal debian (where I would have rm
> > -rf-ed /usr/share/man) the following snipped shows the failure error.
> >
> > I have had a similar error with postgres which was fixed in Bug#866729
> >
> > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/rmid to
> > provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) in auto mode
> > update-alternatives: error: error creating symbolic link
> > '/usr/share/man/man1/rmid.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory
> > dpkg: error processing package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 (--configure):
> >   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> > openjdk-8-jdk-headless:amd64:
> >   openjdk-8-jdk-headless:amd64 depends on openjdk-8-jre-headless (=
> > 8u141-b15-1~deb9u1); however:
> >    Package openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 is not configured yet.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Olliver