Package: sbcl Version: 1:0.9.6.0-7 Severity: serious Justification: package doesn't install without common-lisp-controller Testing sbcl with piuparts, I find that installation fails: 0m9.6s ERROR: Command failed (status=25600): "chroot /tmp/tmpUMtHi0 apt-get -y install 'sbcl'" Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Suggested packages: sbcl-common slime Recommended packages: binfmt-support The following NEW packages will be installed: sbcl 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 9141kB of archives. After unpacking 32.3MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://liw.iki.fi sid/main sbcl 1:0.9.6.0-7 [9141kB] Fetched 9141kB in 0s (10.8MB/s) Selecting previously deselected package sbcl. (Reading database ... 7532 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sbcl (from .../sbcl_1%3a0.9.6.0-7_i386.deb) ... Setting up sbcl (0.9.6.0-7) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/sbcl.postinst: line 22: /usr/sbin/register-common-lisp-implementation: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing sbcl (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sbcl E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) At first glance, this would indicate a missing dependency on common-lisp-controller, but looking at the postinst script, it seems more likely that the bug is here: if [ -x /usr/lib/common-lisp/bin/sbcl.sh ]; then /usr/sbin/register-common-lisp-implementation sbcl fi The "if" tests for the wrong file, I think. -- Crappy tools are not worth it. Find or make better ones.