Strange dependency problem: m4

[Mani A]

I am using the usual repos + medibuntu's In kubuntu-8.10.

The following errors could not be fixed with apt-get check, or dpkg
--configure ....
or dpkg other options.

What should be done?

$ sudo apt-get install flex
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
flex is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
32 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up m4 (1.4.11-1) ...
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
dpkg: error processing m4 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of flex:
 flex depends on m4; however:
  Package m4 is not configured yet.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
followup error from a previous failure.

                           dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up a2ps (1:4.14-1) ...
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
dpkg: error processing a2ps (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of autoconf:
 autoconf depends on m4 (>= 1.4.8); however:
  Package m4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing autoconf (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

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m4 has just 1 dependency ...libc6


Thanks

A. Mani



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