On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 22:56 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > I can't make it, either. > > I'm trying to upgrade my testing installation. I get this: > > (Reading database ... 124364 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing navigator-smotif-477 ... > update-alternatives: internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/navigator > corrupt: priority /usr/lib/netscape/477x/navigator/navigator-smotif 477x0 > update-alternatives: internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/netscape > corrupt: priority /usr/lib/netscape/477x/navigator/navigator-smotif 477x0 > dpkg: error processing navigator-smotif-477 (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > navigator-smotif-477 > > > That's a fine example of useless messages. How is anyone supposed to know > what to do about that? The alternatives file for Netscape 4.77 is corrupt, > which means that it can't be removed...how do I fix that? Why can't the > stupid message tell me? Why can't multiple web searches tell me? > > It turns out that deleting the file /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/netscape > fixes this problem -- but why should I have to figure that out? The average > user, especially a new user, will react by freezing up. How many newbies would be running Netscape 4.77... a (what>) 7 year old release, on a something that won't even support the non-posix threading application due to a glibc upgrade coming about? I'd be willing to be unless the netscape it statically compiled, that it dunnah even run right on Lenny now that glibc is migrating to 2.5 something... or maybe the "corrupt" alternatives wasn't statically linked and relied on linux-threads rather than posix-threads... Coincidentally, did you know that Anything libc 2.4 or newer dropped linux-thread support? -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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