I have not read your mail totally but I am sure that your real problem is libxml2. Doing : apt-get update apt-get install libxml2 Should solve your problem. Christophe On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 02:22:41PM -0400, stan wrote: > Yeseterday I made the mistake of copying over /etc/apt/sources.list from a working machine to > another working machine. But I forgot to copu /etc/apt/preferences :-( The I turned dselect > loose. Big mistake. > > Lot' s of stuff is broken gnome, gdm, and who knows what else. > > A friendly listmsmber sugested I down grade to woody on that machien. Sonds like a gret idae, > but... > > Here is the sugested way of doing this. > > 1. Remove unstanle lines fro /etc/apt/sources.list. (done). > > 2. Add the following as the total contents of /etc/apt/preferences: > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 1001 > (done). > > 3. run apt-get update. (done) > > 4. run apt-get dist-unpgrade (Here is where the fun begins :-( > > > Script started on Sun Apr 14 10:56:41 2002 > smokey:/etc/apt# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be DOWNGRADED > aalib1 abiword-common abiword-doc abiword-gnome abiword-gtk abiword-plugins amp apache > apache-common apt-howto-en aptitude ash aspell aspell-doc aspell-en atlas2-3dnow bash bash-doc > bsdgames calc cddb cdrecord-dev cpio cpp-3.0 crafty cvs ddd ddd-doc debconf debconf-utils > debhelper defoma discover doc-linux-text eboard enscript fakeroot fortune-mod fortunes > fortunes-bofh-excuses fortunes-mario fortunes-min fortunes-off gcc-3.0 gcc-3.0-base gdb gettext > gettext-base gettext-el gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl glade-common glade-doc gnome-control-center > gnome-core gnome-help-data gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-terminal gnumeric-doc gpm grip > gtkrecover imagemagick initrd-tools kaffe kfract kiconedit kpaint kruler ksnapshot kview > lbxproxy less lg-base lha libart-dev libasound2 libaspell10 libcapplet0 libcapplet1 libdiscover1 > libdps1 libeel-data libeel0 libgcc1 libgd2 libgimp1.2 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data > libgnomeprint15 libgnorba-dev libgpmg1 libgtkxmhtml-dev libgtkxmhtml1 libldap2 libmagick++5 > libmagick5 libmd5-perl libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5 libncursesw5-dbg > libncursesw5-dev libnspr4 libnss3 libpanel-applet0 librpm4 libsane libscrollkeeper0 libsensors1 > libsigc++0 libstdc++3 libstorable-perl libsword1 libterm-readkey-perl libxaw6 libxaw7 libxml2 > libzvt2 mailx manpages manpages-dev mindi mkisofs modconf mpg123 mutt mutt-utf8 nano > ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term nethack nethack-common nethack-x11 nighthawk ntop patch > pdl perlmagick postgresql-doc powertweak-extra powertweak-gtk powertweakd procps proxymngr > psfontmgr python python2.1 python2.2 r-base realpath reportbug rpm screen scrollkeeper sox > stl-manual systune telnet telnetd tipa twm weblint webmin-apache xaw3dg xbase-clients xlibmesa3 > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 169 downgraded, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/109MB of archives. After unpacking 9033kB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously deselected package gnome-gv. > (Reading database ... 101572 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace gnome-gv 1.1.93-3 (using .../gnome-gv_1.1.93-3_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement gnome-gv ... > scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory > Registering /usr/share/omf/ggv/ggv-it.omf.dpkg-tmp > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: pthread_once > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory > Registering /usr/share/omf/ggv/ggv-it.omf.dpkg-tmp > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: pthread_once > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-gv_1.1.93-3_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory > Registering /usr/share/omf/ggv/ggv-C.omf > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: pthread_once > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > dpkg - warning: downgrading bash from 2.05a-11 to 2.05a-9. > Preparing to replace bash 2.05a-11 (using .../archives/bash_2.05a-9_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement bash ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-gv_1.1.93-3_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > smokey:/etc/apt# > Script done on Sun Apr 14 10:57:01 2002 > > So it appears the gnom-gv is stuck in my machines craw, and it can't breathe! > > How can I straighten out this mess? > > I tried: > > dpkg -P --force-remove-reinstreq scrollkeeper > > but it did not help :-( > > Could some kind soul help me get my nicely working machine back? > > BTW I have a nice amanda backup from the night before I did this stupid thing. Is that any > help? Can I for instance resore teh"installed package" inof, and force the machine to set > itself abck to that state somehow? > > I'v got _a lot_ of customization in this machien & I really don't want to have to reisntall > from scracth because I made one stupid mistake :-( > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
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