Hey, I have this weird 'problem' I can't figure out what causes this, and I was wondering if anyone else is having the same problem. I wrote Branden (xfonts-*dpi maintainer) about this, but he hasn't received any other messages about this yet.
This is what happens: Each and every time I receive xfonts-*dpi upgrades, when dpkg tries to install them, they fail like this: |[11:53] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] # dpkg -i |/var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-100dpi_4.1.0-5_all.deb |(Reading database ... 57366 files and directories currently installed.) |Preparing to replace xfonts-100dpi 4.1.0-5 (using |.../xfonts-100dpi_4.1.0-5_all.deb) ... |Unpacking replacement xfonts-100dpi ... |dpkg: error processing |/var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-100dpi_4.1.0-5_all.deb (--install): | unable to make backup link of |`./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/lutBS19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz' before |installing new version: Device or resource busy |dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) |Running update-fonts-dir in 100dpi font directory...done. |Running update-fonts-alias in 100dpi font directory...done. |Errors were encountered while processing: | /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-100dpi_4.1.0-5_all.deb |zsh: 22893 exit 1 dpkg -i |/var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-100dpi_4.1.0-5_all.deb And I get this message in my syslog: |Sep 10 11:54:05 replicator kernel: reiserfs_add_entry: Congratulations! |we have got hash function screwed up So, when I do 'dpkg --purge xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi ; apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi' everything works like a charm! I'm having this problem on two of my systems, and they both run reiserfs, and this only happens with xfonts-*dpi. I bet Branden is trying to conquer the world with this evilness in his packages. :) Can anyone explain what this is? Running reiserfsck (scary!) doesn't help, but then again, reiserfsck is pre-alpha-alpha-beta software, according to the lists .. :) I haven't tried rebuilding the tree (but why should I, reiserfsck says everything is OK, and I haven't noticed any weirdness besides this) Regards, Sander. -- | [11:28] <zarq> hallo. | [11:28] <zarq> ik ben een onwijze idioot. | -- Seen on #cistron, IRCNet
