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dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf* help? Martin On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Gerhard Kroder wrote: > i try to "apt-get upgrade" and get this error since a week or two. and > since i don't understand perl enough i can't realy trace back. is it a > problem of perl perl5005, debconf, dpkg? what to do? > > > apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following packages have been kept back > > debiandoc-sgml gnuplot guile1.3 libopenldap1 netstd ssh-askpass-ptk > > 205 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B/82.7MB of archives. After unpacking 3555kB will be used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > > > stty: standard input: Invalid argument > > stty: standard input: Invalid argument > > 100% [Scanning packages] > > Configuring packages ... > > Use of uninitialized value at > > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 177, chunk 2. > > Use of uninitialized value at > > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 103, chunk 2. > > This shouldn't happen at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/Text/Wrap.pm line 45, chunk > > 2. > > E: Sub-process dpkg-preconfig --apt returned an error code (255) > > E: Failure running script dpkg-preconfig --apt - -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOEJe4LCGSMW7I2etAQFOYQP/R9WOQY8WfTw9pFm22fu7bkLCXRlBCcaj iV1ZFeiPrt2O0iJuqeyNZQh9OYqb8V5GInYnA0xKQYuYk8Wd7s26eSmNDWjVLOKL F5Ww3Q71AFvcLRJZUdgC+2BpwRYHmridzYDABnkK8YaQ2fuhXtg1HX0W4Num2qgl JoFOiRqq7R0= =edhC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----