Re: update problem

[Oki DZ <okidz@pindad.com>]

On 05/08 03:46 Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> I am using debian sparc/linux unstable. After the last
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade I have following problem.
>
> gnome-session (gnome-panel, gnome-panel-data, gnome-terminal)
> wont install or remove anymore.
> eg:
>  apt-get install gnome-session
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, gnome-session is already the newest version.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
> 2 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/314kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> (Reading database ... 130279 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gnome-gv 1.1.94-2 (using
> ../gnome-gv_1.1.94-2_sparc.deb) .
> .
> Unpacking replacement gnome-gv ...
> Could not create database.  Aborting update.
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1

You can try by purging gnome-gv first; and because the post removal script 
caused problems (exit status was not 0), add "exit 0" somewhere in the 
beginning of /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-gv.postrm (but after the #!/bin/sh, of 
course). Then execute dpkg --purge gnome-gv.

Oki


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