on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:30:11AM -0600, Pete Templin (templin@urdirect.net) wrote:
>
> I did a live upgrade (production server, company doesn't have funds for a
> development or transition server) on a box from Debian 2.1 to Debian 2.2,
> and reminded myself why I don't like to upgrade boxes. I've got most of
> the stuff fixed (finally), but I get these errors in dselect:
>
> When trying to [A]ccess,
>
> Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
> Can't call method "quit" on an undefined value at
> /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 148, <STDIN> chunk 10.
>
> query/setup script returned error exit status 29.
> Press <enter> to continue.
>
>
> When trying to [I]nstall,
>
> Couldn't open /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/vars : No such file or directory
> Try to relaunch the « Access » step in dselect, thanks.
>
> installation script returned error exit status 2.
> Press <enter> to continue.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get my dselect happy again?
>
> Please reply directly, as I'm not on debian-user at this time.
I tend to use apt-get and dpkg.
When I get into a 'errors' condition, I generally alternate between:
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
and
$ dpgk --configure -a
...which, iterated sufficiently, usually seems to do the trick.
Peace.
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