Hello Aaron! On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:07:40AM -0800, Aaron Maxwell wrote:
[...] I've included a typescript that succinctly demonstrates what's happening. In the script, I have aptitude purge'd and then aptitude install'ed the cvs package. Notice that there are errors and warnings from /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/[*/]*.pm, particularly /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm .
See http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg04937.html about these, maybe it will help.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to proceed, or comments on whether my understanding so far is correct. Is there some way that I can regenerate /var/lib/dpkg/status, or repair it? Would that solve the problem?
See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-recover-status about this, maybe it will help. Hm, maybe I sound repetitive. Hm, maybe I sound repetitive. Cheers, Flo
Attachment:
pgpUno1UxzQys.pgp
Description: PGP signature