Re: dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statusoverride file

["Mumia W." <mumia.w.18.spam+nospam@earthlink.net>]

On 08/07/2006 04:49 AM, kevin bailey wrote:
> [...]
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statusoverride file
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to recover:

Somehow, a status override was set to the group Debian-exim, 
but the group was never created. You might be able to create 
the group, or you could remove the status override.

FYI, on my system, the Debian-exim group has a gid of 102.

> Thanks for any quick pointers.
>
> As this is a vanilla install I may just go to the site and reinstall the OS.

Or you could just do that :)

> Debian has never given me this type of problem before so it may be something
> weird or something I've done.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Kevin

Perhaps an install was interrupted.