I am unable to update and upgrade Debian unstable 'sid', after being 20 days without updating, upgrading. The error output is the same using dselect or aptitude.
Any comment will be appreciated. Regards, Davi # apt-get -f remove Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: dia 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 312 not upgraded. 10 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 412kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 124229 files and directories currently installed.) Removing dia ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing dia (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: dia E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # dselect Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: gimp1.3 gimp1.3-nonfree The following NEW packages will be installed: libk3bcore2 libk3bplugin1 libk3bproject1 libk3btools1 libselinux1 swaks The following packages will be upgraded artsbuilder atlantik buffer cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cyrus21-admin cyrus21-common cyrus21-imapd cyrus21-pop3d debconf-doc dh-make dia-common discover-data dnstop dvdauthor dvhtool edict efibootmgr emovix ethereal ethereal-common flim fortune-mod fortunes-min gaim gconf2 gettext gettext-base gimp1.3-data gimpprint-locales gnat-3.3 gnome-mime-data gnome-vlc gocr gphoto2 grep-dctrl hddtemp john jpilot k3b kaboodle kaddressbook kaffe kalarm kamera kandy kanjidic kappfinder karm kasteroids kate katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kbounce kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcontrol kcron kdat kdbg kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins kdegames kdegames-card-data kdegraphics kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelibs4-doc kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kdepim-libs kdeprint kdesktop kdict kdvi kenolaba kernel-package kernel-patch-scripts kfax kfind kfouleggs kget kghostview kgpgcertmanager khelpcenter kicker kiconedit kit kjumpingcube klickety klines klipper kmahjongg kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmidi kmines kmrml knewsticker knode knotes kolf konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole kooka korganizer korn kpackage kpager kpaint kpat kpersonalizer kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler kppp krdc krec kreversi krfb kruler ksame kscd kshisen ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksmserver ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel ksplash ksync ksysguard ksysguardd ksysv ktip ktron ktuberling kuickshow kuser kview kviewshell kwin kwin4 kxconfig kxmlrpc latex2html lbxproxy libao2 libarts1-audiofile libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine libasn1-6-heimdal libcap1 libcupsys2 libcupsys2-dev libcurl2 libcyrus-imap-perl21 libdps1 libelfg0 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt7 libgd-tools libgd2-noxpm libggi2 libghttp1 libgimp1.3 libgimpprint1 libgle3 libglib-perl libglut3 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeui-common libgssapi1-heimdal libgtk2-gladexml-perl libgtk2-perl libieee1284-3 libintl-gettext-ruby1.6 libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 libkrb5-17-heimdal libkscan1 liblingua-preferred-perl libltdl3 libmimelib1 libnetpbm9 libopencdk8 liborbit2 libparted1.6-0 libpq3 libqt3-i18n libqt3c102 libqt3c102-mt-mysql libqt3c102-mt-odbc libqt3c102-mt-psql libqt3c102-mysql libqt3c102-odbc libqt3c102-psql librrd0 libruby libscrollkeeper0 libsmbclient libwww-perl libxaw7 libxml-libxml-perl libxmltv-perl lilo-config lisa lskat lvm-common mdadm megami mgetty-viewfax modconf module-init-tools mozilla-plugin-vlc mozilla-tabextensions mpeglib mpg321 mtools ncftp nessus nessus-plugins nessusd nload noatun openoffice.org-debian-files parted parted-doc patchutils pciutils php-elisp ppp prelink proxymngr psfontmgr qt3-designer qt3-doc quota razor scrollkeeper secpolicy snort snort-common snort-doc snort-rules-default sox spamassassin spamc t1lib1 tasksel tcl8.4 timidity tk8.4 tvtime twm usbutils valgrind vlc vlc-plugin-esd vorbisgain wordnet wordnet-base x-window-system-core xbase-clients xdm xfonts-konsole xfs xfwp xine-ui xmltv-gui xmltv-util xnest xprt xprt-common xprt-xprintorg xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xterm xutils xvfb 297 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 2 to remove and 14 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/167MB of archives. After unpacking 26.3MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Preconfiguring packages ... parse error reading X server string `unknown' parse error reading X server string `unknown' (Reading database ... 125403 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dia-common 0.91-10 (using .../dia-common_0.91-10.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dia-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dia-common_0.91-10.1_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create `./usr/share/dia/shapes/Cisco/mgx8240.png': No such device or address dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dia-common_0.91-10.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue. Setting up cdrecord (2.0+a24-1) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing cdrecord (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up cvs (1.12.5-1) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing cvs (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dia: dia depends on dia-common (= 0.91-10.1); however: Package dia-common is not installed. dpkg: error processing dia (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up chkrootkit (0.43-1) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing chkrootkit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up crafty (19.8-1) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing crafty (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up devscripts-el (24.1-1) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing devscripts-el (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up defoma (0.11.6) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing defoma (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dfontmgr: dfontmgr depends on defoma (>= 0.10.0); however: Package defoma is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing dfontmgr (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libgtk2.0-common (2.2.4-3) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-0: libgtk2.0-0 depends on libgtk2.0-common (>= 2.2.4-3); however: Package libgtk2.0-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: cdrecord cvs dia chkrootkit crafty devscripts-el defoma dfontmgr libgtk2.0-common libgtk2.0-0 installation script returned error exit status 100. 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