Still no luck on this. I can't even seem to force dpkg to upgrade: # apt-get -fm install dpkg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: lzma The following packages will be upgraded: dpkg 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 59 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2039kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb (--unpack): files list file for package `coreutils' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Eric Higgins <erichigg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tried that, here are the results. > I'm not sure what the difference is between apt-get and aptitude. It > seems like it may be trying to remove some things I may need for my > system, since it's an ARM based device. > > # aptitude upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Writing extended state information... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > Building tag database... Done > The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: > apex-nslu2 aptitude at bc bind9-host catsboot dc devio dhcp3-client > dhcp3-common dictionaries-common dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text > dselect ed finger flash-kernel ftp gettext-base groff-base iamerican > ibritish info installation-report iptables ispell klogd laptop-detect > less libasn1-6-heimdal libbind9-0 libconsole libcupsys2 libdns22 libedit2 > libevent1 libgc1c2 libgssapi2 libgssapi4-heimdal libisc11 libisccc0 > libisccfg1 libkrb5-17-heimdal liblwres9 libnfsidmap2 libpci2 > libroken16-heimdal librpcsecgss3 libsasl2 libsemanage1 libslp1 locales > lsof m4 man-db manpages mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt nano ncurses-term > netcat nslu2-utils ntpdate openssh-client openssh-server patch pciutils > pidentd policycoreutils portmap procmail procps python python-central > python-minimal python-newt python-selinux python-semanage python-support > python2.4 python2.4-minimal reportbug samba samba-common samba-doc > selinux-policy-refpolicy-targeted sharutils slugimage smbclient smbfs > strace swat sysklogd tasksel tasksel-data tcsh telnet texinfo time > traceroute ucf usbutils w3m wamerican wget whois winbind > The following packages will be upgraded: > avahi-daemon cpio dbus debconf debconf-i18n dpkg initramfs-tools > initscripts libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 > libavahi-compat-howl0 libavahi-core4 libc6 libdbus-1-3 libfreetype6 > libgnutls13 libkrb53 libpcre3 libssl0.9.8 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 > libvorbisfile3 linux-image-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx mt-daapd openssl perl > perl-base perl-modules rsync sysv-rc sysvinit sysvinit-utils tzdata > The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: > libnss-mdns perl-doc psmisc > 34 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 110 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 2039kB/27.5MB of archives. After unpacking 163MB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > Writing extended state information... Done > Get:1 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu etch/main dpkg 1.13.26 [2039kB] > Fetched 2039kB in 10s (195kB/s) > Extracting templates from packages: 100% > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing apex-nslu2 (--remove): > files list file for package `coreutils' contains empty filename > Errors were encountered while processing: > apex-nslu2 > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, subscriptions > <subscripti...@rdegraaf.nl> wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 21:33 +0100, Eric Higgins wrote: >>> >>> # apt-get upgrade >> ... >>> Preconfiguring packages ... >>> (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb (--unpack): >>> files list file for package `coreutils' contains empty filename >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb >>> Processing was halted because there were too many errors. >>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> Try to remove >> /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb >> >> and try again with: >> aptitude update >> aptitude safe-upgrade >> >> Best, >> >> Rob >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
