When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt
0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't
know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt
package. In the meanwhile, I'm afraid of installing more packages lest
I compound some problem with the package maintenance system.
I'm using unstable, as somewhere alone the line I needed something that
was unavailable in stable or testing.
Should I ignore this error and proceed as normal, or are there steps I
need to take to correct a problem?
(Please CC: me with any responses, as I no longer monitor the debian-user
list. Thank you.)
Here is what happened:
root:~ <pts/15> # apt-get -u install aptitude
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
apt libsigc++0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
aptitude libsigc++0
The following packages will be upgraded
apt
1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 579kB/1169kB of archives. After unpacking 2280kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main aptitude 0.2.2-1 [551kB]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main libsigc++0 1.0.3-2 [27.3kB]
Fetched 579kB in 20s (27.8kB/s)
(Reading database ... 29257 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace apt 0.3.19 (using .../archives/apt_0.5.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement apt ...
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/state/apt/lists/partial':
Direct
ory not empty
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/state/apt/lists': Directory
not
empty
Setting up apt (0.5.3) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsigc++0.
(Reading database ... 29268 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsigc++0 (from .../libsigc++0_1.0.3-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package aptitude.
Unpacking aptitude (from .../aptitude_0.2.2-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libsigc++0 (1.0.3-2) ...
Setting up aptitude (0.2.2-1) ...
root:~ <pts/15> #
root:~ <pts/15> # aptitude
root:~ <pts/15> # apt-get -u install docbook-doc
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
docbook-doc
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 775kB of archives. After unpacking 4371kB will be used.
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main docbook-doc 30d10-5 [775kB]
Fetched 775kB in 25s (30.3kB/s)
debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't modify goto in lvalue subroutine
return at /usr/share/
perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}"
Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 3.
...propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.6.1/base.pm line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Iterator.pm
line 5.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm
line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line
5.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Log.pm line 8.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 4.
) -- aborting
Selecting previously deselected package docbook-doc.
(Reading database ... 29313 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking docbook-doc (from .../docbook-doc_30d10-5_all.deb) ...
Setting up docbook-doc (30d10-5) ...
root:~ <pts/15> #
