-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/07 21:56, Carl Fink wrote: > I can't make it, either. > > I'm trying to upgrade my testing installation. I get this: > > (Reading database ... 124364 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing navigator-smotif-477 ... > update-alternatives: internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/navigator > corrupt: priority /usr/lib/netscape/477x/navigator/navigator-smotif 477x0 > update-alternatives: internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/netscape > corrupt: priority /usr/lib/netscape/477x/navigator/navigator-smotif 477x0 > dpkg: error processing navigator-smotif-477 (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > navigator-smotif-477 > > > That's a fine example of useless messages. How is anyone supposed to know > what to do about that? The alternatives file for Netscape 4.77 is corrupt, > which means that it can't be removed...how do I fix that? Why can't the > stupid message tell me? Why can't multiple web searches tell me?
It turns out that the files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives are all text, so regenerating it might be easy. > It turns out that deleting the file /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/netscape > fixes this problem -- but why should I have to figure that out? The average > user, especially a new user, will react by freezing up. Because it so rarely happens? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIwAgS9HxQb37XmcRAis3AJ0Q+CpkXwB9F772L0+ma9bwNKuI3gCgvrZ4 pbfUHiZJt8BOiSbpxwYxeBI= =Dmb1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
