Re: apt-get failure: "no script in the new version of the package"

2006-01-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On 28 Jan 2006 00:18:28 -0800 "Ron Hale-Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I fixed it. I manually downloaded an earlier, more robust version > of esound-common from ftp.debian.org and did a "dpkg -i". After that I > ran "apt-get -f install" and now it's whistling clean: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get failure: "no script in the new version of the package"

2006-01-28 Thread Ron Hale-Evans
OK, I fixed it. I manually downloaded an earlier, more robust version of esound-common from ftp.debian.org and did a "dpkg -i". After that I ran "apt-get -f install" and now it's whistling clean: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -i esound-common_0.2.35-2_all.deb dpkg - warning: downgrading esound-common

Re: apt-get failure: "no script in the new version of the package"

2006-01-27 Thread Ron Hale-Evans
Still no luck. I've discovered that "dpkg --configure -a" is my friend -- it seemed to uncork things a bit, but it only helped so much. A broken esound-common install still seems to be the crux of the problem, but the error messages I'm getting are a deep mystery. What am I doing wrong? I would be