dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*

[phyrster <phyrster@gmail.com>]

Hi debianers, 

When I performed a dist-upgrade from sarge to testing, the upgrade process
was not completed when I ran out of disk space. 

After that, I can't install or uninstall any packages and it is always the
libread* packages that caused trouble:

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#dpkg -i libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb 

Preparing to replace libreadline5 5.0-10 (using
libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb) ...

install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.

dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...

dpkg: error processing libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb (--install):
 there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
 install-info: unrecognized option `--description=GNU Readline Library API
 (v5)'
 	Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options.
	dpkg: error while cleaning up:
	 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
	 Errors were encountered while processing:
	  libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb

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I tried to reinstall, purge or another dist-upgrade but nothing changed. It
seems to me that the last resort is to reinstall the whole system. What
shall I do? 

I just want to make apt work normally and does not care about what dist I
have to run now. 


regards

bxuef

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