Re: Upgrade debacle........
On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 07:48:45AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:56 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> > On 05/01/2014 02:37 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote:
> >
> > > At the time, I didn't check to see if the file
> > > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
> > > existed. I also didn't run the command
> > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
> > > However, I checked just now and that file exists, with a non-zero size.
> >
> > I've seen this several times myself.
> >
> > My experience seems to suggest that during the course of upgrading some
> > packages, this 'loaders.cache' file temporarily does not exist, and
> > later in the process this command gets automatically run and the file
> > re-created. At some point in the middle, however, something which
> > expects the file to exist gets run, and when it doesn't find the file,
> > that error gets printed.
> >
> > IOW, as long as the file exists after the apt-get or dpkg run has
> > completed (which it always has in my experience), this appears to be a
> > false-positive warning.
>
> It was an issue for the OP. It's disputable if somebody who can't solve
> such an issue on her/his own, should use testing, instead of stable.
The issue is not whether one can solve it, but whether one should have
to. I don't even use GNOME, so shouldn't even see the
message. It gave the impression that your system would be horribly
broken if you didn't run the command, and yet the command doesn't even
exist on your system!
This goes against the grain of having a system that just works. On one
hand you have the DIY NetBSD style where this style of information is
acceptable, while on the other hand you have a system with systemd,
pulseaudio, GNOME, where the user can be a newbie and not have to worry
about all that.
It's like two 'opposing camps' trying to live under the one roof.
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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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