Hi Samuel. Kirk suggesteed I write to you about this, and I'm doing so
on the list in case others incounter the same problem.
I did a dist-upgrade this morning which attempted to install a new
version of espeakup. During the installation I got the following error.
(Reading database ... 190961 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace espeakup 3.1.3-2 (using espeakup_3.1.3-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement espeakup ...
Setting up espeakup (3.1.3-2) ...
update-rc.d: error: start|stop arguments not terminated by "."
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | SS KK]
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5]
-n: not really
-f: force
The disable|enable API is not stable and might change in the future.
dpkg: error processing espeakup (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
espeakup
What does it mean that the start| stop arguments must terminate with
".", and where do I fix that? Just for completeness, the debian .deb
file I'm installing from is espeakup_3.1.3-2_i386.deb. I tried removing
the espeakup.postinst file from /var/lib/dpkg/info and reinstalling, but
that ddidn't help.
Thanks much.
Gene Collins
