Can't upgrade dpkg (1.9.21 > 1.13.9)
Hi,
My upgrade to Sarge has gone awry. When I run aptitude -f
--with-recommends dist-upgrade, it falls over when it tries to upgrade
dpkg. I can't work out what the problem is, and I'd appreciate any
help. I've pasted the output of aptitude below. Any suggestions?
Thanks in anticipation,
Jon.
aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
apache2-utils cpp-3.3 dictionaries-common e2fslibs fontconfig g++-3.3
gcc-3.3 gdk-imlib1 gnome-bin gnome-libs-data gs gs-common gs-gpl
gsfonts-x11 initscripts libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libbind9-0 libblkid1
libdb4.1 libdb4.3 libdevmapper1.01 libdns20 libedit2 libfontconfig1
libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome32 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data
libgnomeprint15 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libice6 libisc9
libisccc0 libisccfg1 libldap-2.2-7 libmagic1 libpaper-utils libpaper1
libpcap0.7 libpcap0.9 libpng10-0 libreadline5 libselinux1 libslp1 libsm6
libss2 libstdc++5-3.3-dev libtiff4 libungif4g libuuid1 libx11-6 libxaw7
libxext6 libxft1 libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2
libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libzzip-0-12 lsof ntp
ntp-server openssh-client openssh-server php4-common skyutils2
squirrelmail-locales ssl-cert sysv-rc tcl8.4 wamerican xlibs-data
xml-core xutils
The following packages have been kept back:
clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam debconf-utils gettext html2text
libauthen-pam-perl libclamav1 libgmp3 man2html module-assistant
po-debconf webmin webmin-apache webmin-core webmin-dhcpd webmin-exim
webmin-fetchmail webmin-firewall webmin-htaccess webmin-inetd webmin-lilo
webmin-logrotate webmin-procmail webmin-proftpd webmin-samba
webmin-spamassassin webmin-sshd webmin-xinetd wireless-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2-utils awstats cpp-3.3 dictionaries-common e2fslibs fontconfig
g++-3.3 gcc-3.3 gdk-imlib1 gnome-bin gnome-libs-data gs gs-common gs-gpl
gsfonts-x11 initscripts ldap-utils libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libbind9-0
libblkid1 libcupsys2 libdb4.1 libdb4.3 libdevmapper1.01 libdns20 libedit2
libfontconfig1 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome32 libgnomeprint-bin
libgnomeprint-data libgnomeprint15 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32
libgnorba27 libgtk1.2 libice6 libisc9 libisccc0 libisccfg1 libldap-2.2-7
libmagic1 libnss-db libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.7 libpcap0.9
libpng10-0 libreadline5 libselinux1 libslp1 libsm6 libss2
libstdc++5-3.3-dev libtiff4 libungif4g libuuid1 libx11-6 libxaw7 libxext6
libxft1 libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1
libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libzzip-0-12 lsof ntp ntp-server
openssh-client openssh-server perl-tk php4-common skyutils2
squirrelmail-locales ssl-cert sysv-rc tcl8.4 wamerican xfree86-common
xlibs xlibs-data xml-core xutils
The following packages will be upgraded:
anacron apache apache-common apache-ssl asclock-themes base-config
bastille bc biff bin86 bind9-host binutils bison bridge-utils
bsdmainutils cpp cpp-2.95 cron curl cyrus-admin dc debian-policy defoma
dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text docbook docbook-xml dpkg e2fsprogs ed
eject emacsen-common esound esound-clients esound-common exim expect
fbset fdflush fdutils file fileutils findutils finger flex ftp
fvwm95-icons g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gcc-3.3-base gdb gettext-base
gimpprint-locales gnome-mime-data gnupg-doc gpm grep groff groff-base
gsfonts gzip harden-doc harden-tools hermes1 hostname iamerican ibritish
ifupdown imlib-base info ipmasq iptables isapnptools ispell jed
jed-common klogd less lftp libart2 libaudiofile0 libbonobo2 libcapplet1
libcdaudio0 libcdparanoia0 libcomerr2 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libcurl3
libcurses-perl libdb2 libdb2-util libdb3-util libdb4.2 libdps1 libefs1
libesd0 libesmtp5 libexpat1 libfreetype6 libgcc1 libgcrypt11 libgd2
libgd2-noxpm libgdbmg1 libghttp1 libgimpprint1 libglib1.2 libgnorbagtk0
libgnutls11 libgpmg1 libgtop1 libguile9 libhtml-tagset-perl libident
libjpeg62 libkpathsea3 libkrb53 libldap2 liblocale-gettext-perl
liblockfile1 libltdl3 liblwres1 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5
libnet-ph-perl libnet-snpp-perl libnet-telnet-perl libnewt0.51 liboaf0
liborbit0 libpaperg libpcre3 libpng2 libpng3 libscrollkeeper0
libsnmp-base libsnmp4.2 libssl0.9.6 libstdc++2.10-dev
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libsysfs1 libtext-iconv-perl
liburi-perl libwrap0 libxml1 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1 libzvt2 lilo
lincity lockfile-progs logrotate lsof-2.2 lynx m4 mailx makedev man-db
manpages manpages-dev mbr menu mime-support minicom mlock modconf mount
mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term
net-tools netbase netkit-inetd netkit-ping nmap ntp-doc ntp-simple
ntpdate nvi oaf openssl pciutils php4 pidentd ppp pppconfig procmail
procps proftpd proftpd-common psfontmgr psmisc psutils pump rcs samba
samba-common samba-doc scrollkeeper sed setcd setserial sgml-base
sgml-data sharutils shellutils slang1 slapd smbclient smbfs smssend
spamassassin spamc squirrelmail ssh strace sudo swat sysklogd syslinux
sysvinit talk tar tasksel tcl8.0 tcl8.3 tcpd tcpdump tcsh telnet
tetex-base texi2html texinfo time ucf unzip util-linux util-linux-locales
vacation wenglish wget whiptail whois wwwconfig-common xinetd
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
bonobo db4.2-util imagemagick libft-perl libnet-dns-perl
libnet-xwhois-perl libsasl2-modules lrzsz netpbm psad tetex-doc wbritish
255 packages upgraded, 92 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/161MB of archives. After unpacking 187MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Info: dictionaries-common/default-ispell is already set to
[british (British English)]. Preserving it.
Info: dictionaries-common/default-wordlist is already set to
[american (American English)]. Preserving it.
(Reading database ... 38856 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.9.21 (using
.../archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
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