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Re: [PLUG] Seriously broken Debian package manager
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LeRoy Cressy (ldc@lrcressy.com) had this to say on 09/30/03 at 19:30:
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> This is a pain, but it can be done.
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> hand install libc6 libdb1-compat which depend upon each other.
> first hand install libc6 using
> dpkg --force-depends -i libc6_2.3.2-7_i386.deb
> dpkg -i libdb1-compat_2.1.3-7_i386.deb
"dpkg -l | grep libc6" reports that libc6 is already 2.3.2
libdb1-compat is 2.3.1 already.
> It looks like you will have to hand install the updated perl packages
I did perl, perl-modules, and it's 2 libs (libdb4,libgdbm). No joy.
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> Upgrading from potato to woody was a pain and going from woody to
> testing is also a pain.
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> I don't know why your system locked up though.
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> I have burned a set of Debian Testing CD's if you would like to borrow
> them if your system is totally hosed.
I appreciate that; how can I get them, tho? I'd rather not wait another
whole day; I'm already hugely behind, on getting this server 9and what it's
supposed to do) into production.
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> do a "dpkg --get-selections | less" to see is your /var/lib/dpkg is
> still in working order.
dpkg is working; I can do that command. i even re-installed dselect and dpkg
from testing; no joy. Same error messages as yesterday.
> I hope that this helps a little
Thanks
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