Re: Problems unpacking dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
Geert,
> I tried the steps JÜrgen told. I downloaded
>
> dpkg-1.1.2elf.nondebbin.tar.gz (from ftp.phil.uni-sb.de)
> dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb (from our local Debian mirror)
>
> And extracted dpkg-1.1.2elf.nondebbin.tar.gz. Then I tried the `dpkg -i'. I
> added the `--force-depends' option because I didn't install the Debian libc
> etc. and ran against the following problem:
>
> | bash# dpkg -i --force-depends /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb
> | dpkg: regarding /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
> | dpkg pre-depends on libc5
> | libc5 is not installed.
> | dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
> | dpkg: regarding /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
> | dpkg pre-depends on ncurses3.0
> | ncurses3.0 is not installed.
> | dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
> | (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
> | Unpacking dpkg (from /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb) ...
> | dpkg: dpkg: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
> | dpkg depends on libc5; however:
> | Package libc5 is not installed.
> | dpkg depends on ncurses3.0; however:
> | Package ncurses3.0 is not installed.
> | Setting up dpkg ...
> | install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory
> | dpkg: error processing dpkg (--install):
> | subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> | Errors were encountered while processing:
> | dpkg
> | bash#
>
> Any clues?
Yes - the file /usr/info/dir (from the Gnu info package) is missing, and
install-info tries to add the dpkg.info nodes to it :-)
Gave me some headache some weeks ago, too ...
If you don't find a 'dir', I'll send one.
Michael
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