dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:

kloro@debian:~$ uname -r
2.6.16.4

so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not 
fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting:

kloro@debian:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  gdk-imlib1 gnome-cups-manager gnome-system-monitor
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
31 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/118kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
(Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 
(using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ...
/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting
Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure 
it does not have execute permission
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting
Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure 
it does not have execute permission
dpkg: error 
processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb 
(--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting
Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure 
it does not have execute permission
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)





thanks,

tom arnall
arcata