Re: less than useful dselect/dpkg error msg
On Sun, Nov 16, 1997 at 05:50:46AM +0000, Bill Leach wrote:
> Receiving error messages such as the following:
> Linux# dpkg --configure fvwm2
> dpkg: error processing fvwm2 (--configure):
> package fvwm2 is not ready for configuration
> cannot configure (current status `installed')
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> fvwm2
> Linux#
>
> are pretty much useless. This sort of error message reminds
> me of Red Hat's RPM!
>
> What causes this sort of information free error message?
> Does dpkg honor the 'hold' status in the status file when it
> is placed there by dselect (that is when dpkg is run manually from the command line)?
The error message is less than friendly but there is no mention
of hold status; simply, it says that fvwm2 is not ready for
configuration because it is already installed. installed implies
configured. That is, the package needs no further processing
by dpkg, and you can't configure a package that has already been
configured (or not through dpkg at least).
As I understand it, hold means do not upgrade. dselect will tell
tell dpkg to ignore upgrades to the package, and I guess
dpkg-ftp would also ignore them. But "dpkg -i <file.deb>" will
do it anyway.
Hamish
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