Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-02 Thread Adam Heath
dpkg 1.9.4 is in incoming.

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-02 Thread Jon Eisenstein
> Again, could: > > http://bugs.debian.org/95981 > > have anything to do with this? It likely does, but I am unable to recompile dpkg as I can't install gettext.

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Itai Zukerman
Again, could: http://bugs.debian.org/95981 have anything to do with this? -itai

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > I'm now having problems with dpkg complaining about Available: and > Size: fields from my /var/lib/dpkg/status. Should I just get rid of > them? Or, as I asked before, is there a way to regenerate my status file > so it complies? > > Interestingly, I tri

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Eisenstein
I'm now having problems with dpkg complaining about Available: and Size: fields from my /var/lib/dpkg/status. Should I just get rid of them? Or, as I asked before, is there a way to regenerate my status file so it complies? Interestingly, I tried to recompile dpkg with the patch mentioned previous

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 06:12:29PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > open("/var/lib/dpkg/status", O_RDONLY) = 4 > fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > old_mmap(NULL, 0, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0 > --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- > +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ I'd say it

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 06:27:32PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > Did you check whether the contents of /var/lib/dpkg are intact > > (specifically, the status file and info/*.list)? > > The status file exists but is empty, and the info/*.list seem to be intact. status should theoretically be r

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Eisenstein
Alright, so, with the help of many people on the list and my own perusal of my lost+found, I've discovered that my problem is indeed the fact that I'm missing my status file. The one I found is broken, but I have an older version on a backup. Anyone know of a way to regenerate my status file? Even

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > On Tuesday 01 May 2001 12:34, Adam Heath wrote: > > On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any > > > needed situation: > > > > What version? > > The current - 1.9.2, and previou

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Eisenstein
> Did you check whether the contents of /var/lib/dpkg are intact (specifically, > the status file and info/*.list)? The status file exists but is empty, and the info/*.list seem to be intact.

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Eisenstein
> On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:15:58PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed > > situation: > > Maybe try strace'ing it (of course if you have strace installed)? In this reply, I'm replying to many questions and support from diffe

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:15:58PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed > situation: > > dpkg -i foo > Segmentation fault > > Dselect: Update > Okay > Dselect: Select > Segmentation fault > > dpkg --unpack fo

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Tuesday 01 May 2001 12:34, Adam Heath wrote: > On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any > > needed situation: > > What version? The current - 1.9.2, and previous 1.9.0. The problem is that dpkg can not parse some infos abo

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed > situation: What version?

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Itai Zukerman
> On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:15:58PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed > > situation: Maybe it's this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/95981 The patch is trivial. Try dowloading the source and rebuilding dpkg (that's what I

Re: Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:15:58PM -0400, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed > situation: Maybe try strace'ing it (of course if you have strace installed)? Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://student.uci.agh.edu.pl/~

Dpkg problems

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Eisenstein
I seem to be in a very troublesome spot... My dpkg segfaults in any needed situation: dpkg -i foo Segmentation fault Dselect: Update Okay Dselect: Select Segmentation fault dpkg --unpack foo Segmentation fault dpkg --help Okay What can I do? I downloaded

dpkg problems? + one volunteer needed

1995-11-25 Thread Patrick Weemeeuw
I have nearly finished debianising the tripwire package. However, I have still some minor problems: 1. although I specified 'tripwire' (in lowercase) as package name in the debian.control file, after installation I get the package name capitalized: bash# dpkg -l | more Desir