Re: dpkg segfaults after upgrade
Hasty, hasty, and now I'm feeling stupid, I ran out of disk space and I'm
replying to self to boot. Doing an 'apt-get autoclean' and juggling a couple
things did the trick. But why does dpkg segfault instead of telling you
there just isn't enough room to install?
NRH
On Friday 21 November 2003 16:58, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote:
> I'm running Sid. Just did an apt-get update/upgrade (via Synaptic) and now
> dpkg fails with error:
>
> wallace:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i dpkg_1.10.15_powerpc.deb
> dpkg - warning: downgrading dpkg from 1.10.18 to 1.10.15.
> (Reading database ... 94666 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.18 (using dpkg_1.10.15_powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
> Segmentation fault
> wallace:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by
> signal (Broken pipe)
>
> Initially, it happened when unpacking a new version of cups. It seems to
> only do it when replacing packages, though, I removed/reinstalled a couple
> (noncrucial and minor :) things without problems. I can't downgrade dpkg
> back to 1.10.15 from 1.10.18, and I'm afraid I don't know how to fix it
> otherwise. So, 1) does anyone know how to get out of this lovely
> predicament, and 2) how do I make really sure it is dpkg, and is there
> anything else I should do (file a bug, and how/where do I do it? I'm
> afraid I'm rather new at this :^} ).
>
> Also, FWIW, in testing I used cinepaint packages as a guinea pig. Somewhere
> in my blundering, the cinepaint package got into "a very bad inconsistent
> state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal". I assume
> that's from dpkg crapping out. Have a nice day, folks! (I am. ;))
>
> NRH
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