Re: Bug#44671: apt tries to run something it can't

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is an apt bug or if it's a local configuration error or
> something entirely different.  I have no ideas on how to debug this - both
> ltrace and strace seem to give me no clues.

If you have a /etc/apt.conf  then delete it and try again. If you copied
the sample apt.conf verbatim, go re-read the warning at the top of the
file :>

Otherwise, run

strace -o /tmp/apt -ff apt-get -y dselect-upgrade

And send me all the files it spits out..

Thanks,
Jason