I've done something terribly wrong with my apt package manager. I'm not sure what I've done, but here are the symptoms:
deanlandry:/# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gettext The following NEW packages will be installed: gettext 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 2 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 340kB of archives. After unpacking 1049kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://mirror.direct.ca testing/main gettext 0.10.40-5 [340kB] Fetched 340kB in 2s (162kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package gettext. (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `emacsen-common' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 48872 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gettext (from .../gettext_0.10.40-5_i386.deb) ... Setting up emacs21 (21.2-1) ... Can't call method "AF" without a package or object reference at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 125. dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 Setting up gettext-el (0.10.40-6) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/gettext-el.postinst: line 5: 22787 Segmentation fault /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install gettext-el dpkg: error processing gettext-el (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gettext: gettext depends on gettext-el; however: Package gettext-el is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gettext (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: emacs21 gettext-el gettext E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) deanlandry:/# apt-get install emacsen-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, emacsen-common is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 3 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Setting up emacs21 (21.2-1) ... Can't call method "AF" without a package or object reference at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 125. dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 Setting up gettext-el (0.10.40-6) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/gettext-el.postinst: line 5: 22898 Segmentation fault /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install gettext-el dpkg: error processing gettext-el (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gettext: gettext depends on gettext-el; however: Package gettext-el is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gettext (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: emacs21 gettext-el gettext E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) deanlandry:/# It would seem some portion of emacs is stuck unconfigured... and it seems as though apt will not do anything until this is fixed. I tried running 'dpkg --purge' on ecah of the mentioned packages, but similar errors occur. Any help is greatly appreciated! Dean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
