util-linux.

[Chris Wakefield <c_wakefield@shaw.ca>]

Hi all.

I've still in a rut with my installation.  I can't seem to get past 
util-linux:

dpkg -l  util-linux
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                       Version                    Description
+++-==========================-===========
iH  util-linux                 2.12p-4.0.0.1.pure64       Miscellaneous system 
utilities



This package is holding up everything it seems:

# dpkg -i  util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 142492 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace util-linux 2.12p-4.0.0.1.pure64 (using 
util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement util-linux ...
dpkg: error processing util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb (--install):
 unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/doc/util-linux/README.poeigl.gz' 
before installing new version: Too many links
Errors were encountered while processing:
 util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb

Can someone please post perhaps a way of force upgrading of util-linux, or 
whatever solutions may be at hand?

Thanks,
Chris Wakefield.