On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 08:44:22AM -0800, Joel Klecker wrote: > > (Reading database ... 7888 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.1-3 (using libc6_2.1.3-5.deb) ... > > dirname: too many arguments > > Try `dirname --help' for more information. > > pushd: not found > > dpkg: error processing libc6_2.1.3-5.deb (--install): > > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libc6_2.1.3-5.deb > > > >Any hints? > > Sorry, there's an inadvertant bashism in the preinst (and postinst).
Isn't there anywhere a libc6 package with a version between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3? I can't proceed with my work to change something on the system. I don't have enough knowledge about the package mechanismn to fix it myself, so I am dependent that sometimes a new working package will be available. Werner
