on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 11:54:12AM -0700, Adam Shand (larry@spack.org) wrote: > > i went to install powershell today and i got this. my immediate > response was the the md5 check sum must not have matched (apt does that > now ... right?). but it installed anyway... wtf? > > if it's going to get an error shouldn't it abort? > > adam. > > $ sudo apt-get install powershell > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > powershell > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 295 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/72.7kB of archives. After unpacking 299kB will be used. > E: /var/cache/apt/archives/powershell_0.80.2000.04.21-3_i386.deb not a valid DEB package. > Selecting previously deselected package powershell. > (Reading database ... 39702 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking powershell (from .../powershell_0.80.2000.04.21-3_i386.deb) ... > Setting up powershell (0.80.2000.04.21-3) ... You can look at the .deb itself under /var/cache/apt/archives to see what's up with it. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry!! Boycott Adobe!! Repeal the DMCA!! http://www.freedmitry.org
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