[root@elephants.org: Help: Upgrade to 2.0, slang conflicts?]

[Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>]

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	Joey


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• To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
• Subject: Help: Upgrade to 2.0, slang conflicts?
• From: root <root@elephants.org>
• Date: 26 Aug 1998 10:47:50 -0000
• Message-id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980826065312.3748A-100000@jumbo.elephants.org>

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I'm using autoup.sh to upgrade from 1.3.1 to 2.0
I'm using custom kernel 2.0.33 with Solar Designer's
	buffer overflow patches.

Autoup.sh grabbed the files by ftp cleanly.
Autoup.sh played nicely until it got to slang,
	where it segfaulted.

I noticed that it couldn't install because of failed
	removal of slang0.99.34, reinstall recommended.
So I used dpkg --force-remove-reinsreq. This still doesn't
help, slang doesn't install with script or dpkg -i.

What should I do?
Can I get slang to install ?
Alternately is slang necessary to upgrade?

While the shells I have open work fine, I can't
login futher.


--- error messages

Setting up dpkg-dev (1.4.0.23.2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/dpkg/shlibs.default ...
(Reading database ... 23768 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace slang0.99.34 0.99.38-2 (using
.../slang0.99.34_0.99.38-6.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang0.99.34 ...
/home/jon/autoup.sh: line 407:  1065 Segmentation fault      (core dumped)
$DPKG $DPKG_ARGS $PKGS_SLANG

# dpkg -i /tmp/base/slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb
dpkg: regarding .../slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb containing slang0.99.38:
 slang0.99.38 conflicts with slang0.99.34 (<< 0.99.38-2.3)
  slang0.99.34 (version 0.99.38-2) is broken due to failed removal.
dpkg: error processing /tmp/base/slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing slang0.99.38
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/base/slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb



# dpkg -i -D2000 slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `slang0.99.38' missing,
assuming package has no files currently installed.
23470 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace slang0.99.38 0.99.38-6 (using
slang0.99.38_0.99.38-6.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang0.99.38 ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
 



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