Re: less than useful dselect/dpkg error msg

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, 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!

Ooooh, that was nasty ;-)

> 
> 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)?
> 
I'm not conversant with dpkg internals enough to tell you where that "less
than useful" error message originates. Was the package really on Hold
status?

As far as I can tell, dpkg honors the hold in the status file, unless you
include --force-hold as an option on the command line. (It can't tell
whether dselect put the Hold there, or some editor, but that is another
issue)

Luck,

Dwarf
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