Re: dpkg: I refuse to do it and you can't make me!
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On 04/15/07 21:56, 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 the files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives are all
text, so regenerating it might be easy.
> 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.
Because it so rarely happens?
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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