Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South
Scarletdown wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:25, Stefan O'Rear wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:50:08PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote:
>> > I need some help here. Suddenly, I can no longer install anything
>> > via apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo.
>> >
>> > Here is the output from my attempt to install the latest k3b...
>>
>> #SNIP#
>>
>> > I get similar errors no matter what I try to install.
>> >
>> > How can I fix this?
>>
>> tar is broken...
>> Run:
>>
>> catchsegv tar -cf foo.tar .bashrc
>>
>> And tell us what you see...
>
> I saw nothing at all.
>
>> (My best guess: You're running unstable and you accidentally upgraded
>> something tar depends on but doesn't have a Depends on)
>
> Yes, I am running unstable. I can't remember what the last thing I was
> that I upgraded though.
It looks like you're running this on a local package cache--maybe something
is corrupted there? An "apt-get clean" will allow you to fetch fresh
copies of those packages. . .
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