dpkg: serious warning: files list file mising
Hello.
I was fooling around with my x setup, first I tried some xsetroot then I
decided to try some other window managers, but when I tried to:
# apt-get install afterstep
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
imagemagick librplay3
The following NEW packages will be installed:
afterstep imagemagick librplay3
0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2529kB of archives. After unpacking 8540kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libglib1.2' missing,
assuming package has no files currently installed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_4%3a5.4.4.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `gzip' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_4%3a5.4.4.5-1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Then I tried:
$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib1.2.list
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Oct 10 11:39
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib1.2.list -> ../init.d/alsa
and:
$ less /var/lib/dpkg/info/gzip.list
warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested
This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 22 15:33:07 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
[snip a couple hundred more lines were here]
Does anybody know what is wrong and how I can fix it?
Thanks
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