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Get:1 http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org etch/main libchm1 2:0.39-1 [27.6kB]
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Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-38) ...
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dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
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