Re: We got '-dpkg-new'!
On %M 0, Bob Bernstein wrote
> Having bulled my way through the extermination of emacs20, I went ahead with a
> massive apt-get update/upgrade, 129 meg all tolled. The cable modem is doing
> its thing with valor.
>
> Now I notice syslogd has been stopped so I peek into /etc/init.d and behold a
> bevy of new scripts eg 'whutever.dpkg-new'. Without looking further into the
> matter, they mostly appear to be of identical length to their 'old' forebears.
>
> What is the prescribed course of action with these? Copy them over into their
> working names and restart the respective process? Or has that been done?
>
If apt-get is still running, this is normal.
These have been unpacked from the packages that are downloaded, and should
be moved into place as appropriate at a later stage.
If they're still there after apt-get finishes, try
dpkg --pending --configure
John P.
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