Mumia W. wrote: > On 08/07/2006 04:49 AM, kevin bailey wrote: >> [...] >> Preconfiguring packages ... >> dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statusoverride file >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) >> Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to >> recover: > > Somehow, a status override was set to the group Debian-exim, > but the group was never created. You might be able to create > the group, or you could remove the status override. > > FYI, on my system, the Debian-exim group has a gid of 102. > >> >> Thanks for any quick pointers. >> >> As this is a vanilla install I may just go to the site and reinstall the >> OS. >> > > Or you could just do that :) > >> Debian has never given me this type of problem before so it may be >> something weird or something I've done. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Kevin >> >> > > Perhaps an install was interrupted. > >
Maybe... I deleted the contents of the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file and the packages can now be updated and the error does not show. I'm not entirely comfortable with this - will need to look further into the statoverride file to see what it does. Thanks for your help, Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
