On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:10:06PM -0400, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a major problem with my Debian/Testing/Alpha > system. In the process of updating my system today > via apt-get, apparently dpkg segfaulted. Apparently > due to this segfault, my dpkg-dependent files are > corrupt. For example, if I issue "dpkg -l", I get > an empty response. If I issue a manual dpkg command > on an individual package, I get a response such as > > fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb > (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking zip (from zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb (--install): > unable to create updated files list file for package zip: No such file > or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb > fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# > > This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. > > How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! > I would suugest you look at your dpkg files, And see wehich ones of them are hosed. Then look at /var/backups, and see if some previous versions of the corrupted files are there, and if so, try to use them, althou they may-be a little bit out of date. And backup all the current files before attempting any changes. This can be dangerous, so make sure you know what you're doing! I hope that can help your problem. Again, be very careful. > -- > James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. > Oak Ridge National Laboratory > freelsjd@ornl.gov - work > jdfreels@home.com - home > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- GPG key-id: 1024D/5BE3DCFD Dmitriy CCAB 5F17 A099 9E43 1DBE 295C 9A21 2F1C 5BE3 DCFD Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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