Bug#78206: marked as done (apt-get should warn to run dpkg --configure --pending after exit with failure.)
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Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
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Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bittersweet:~
# dpkg --configure --pending
Setting up kernel-package (7.21) ...
Setting up ipchains-perl (0.5-8) ...
Setting up libarr0 (0.1-43) ...
dpkg: error processing libarr0 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Setting up libbonobo2 (0.28-3) ...
Every time apt-get exits like that, if I run `dpkg --configure
--pending', there are packages to configure. I think a warning
ought to be printed at the very least. Ideas?
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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:25:46 -0700 (MST)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
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To: "Karl M. Hegbloom" <karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com>,
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Subject: Re: Bug#78206: apt-get should warn to run dpkg --configure --pending after exit with failure.
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On 27 Nov 2000, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> Every time apt-get exits like that, if I run `dpkg --configure
> --pending', there are packages to configure. I think a warning
> ought to be printed at the very least. Ideas?
No. Fix the problem and run APT again. Anything else obscures the real
problem.
Jason
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