Re: broken packages

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Miroslaw Lawniczek writes ("broken packages"):
> After upgrade from debian 2.0 to slink 2.1 few packages are listed by
> dselect as broken.
> I can't remove them or reinstal even with force option.
> When I try install it goes like this:
...
> install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory

Has something bad happened to /usr/info/dir ?  It sounds like it has
disappeared.

> Is any way to reinstall such packeges ???

I think that if you make /usr/info/dir exist again then all should
become well.

Ian.