upgrading from dpkg-1.0.5-0
I've got a system here with dpkg-1.0.5-0 on it, and I cannot
isntall eighter dpkg_1.2.6 or dpkg_1.4.0.3, both failing with:
# dpkg -i dpkg-1.2.6.deb
(Reading database ... 6305 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg (using dpkg-1.2.6.deb) ...
dpkg: unknown option --assert-support-predepends
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files.
dpkg: error processing dpkg-1.2.6.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
dpkg-1.2.6.deb
Does anyone know how to upgrade this?
Thanks very much.
System:
# dpkg -l dpkg "libc*" "ld*so"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Rev Description
+++-============-=========-====-===============================================
ii dpkg 1.0.5 0 Package maintenance system for Debian GNU/Linux
rn libc (no description available)
un libc.so.4 (no description available)
in libc5 (no description available)
ii ldso 1.8.5-1 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilities
(libc5-recent also fails, with simmilar erros as dpkg).
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joost witteveen
joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl
joostje@debian.org
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