Re: dpkg totally broken. some more details inside.
On 3 May 2001, Forrest English wrote:
> grickle:~# dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: /home/doogie/debian/mine/dpkg/v1_9/dpkg-1.9.4/main/packages.c:191:
> process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
> Aborted
>
> due to earlier nastyness with dpkg segfaulting and stuff, i've got a
> bunch of packages that just didn't install correctly. so now whenever i
> try and apt anything, or do the above... i get that message.
>
> what in the heck is going on? without dpkg, life is pretty dull....
It looks like ya found a dependency loop.
Figure out which packages are involved, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status to
break the loop (pkg A depends on B, which depends on A - just remove
one of the dependencies), file bug reports against the packages
involved.
- Bruce
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