`Internal error' problem near start of Debian woody upgrade
Yesterday I got 7 binary woody CDs and since then I've been preparing
for an upgrade. Rather than do it on my current system, I am using an
older 2.1 (?slink) for safety.
Even though the first CD has `Official i386 binary 1 non-US'
emblazoned across it, the instructions on how to upgrade said I should
follow what potato said. I also picked up ch-upgrading.html for woody
today and have used a mixture of the two.
Instructions in ch-upgrading.html for potato said I should install the
static dpkg and apt packages which I did without problem. I also had
no problem with `apt-cdrom add' or `apt-get update' which were also
required.
Moving now to ch-upgrading.html for woody, I was told to run:
apt-get install dpkg apt debconf
Doing so generated the following error message:
E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration
Looking at apt-get with `strings' shows that this could have come from
apt-get; hence my email to you, the apt maintainers. (I include the
result from `script' below since it seems to bear no relationship to
the parameters given to apt-get.)
I have no idea what is happening here since none of my Debian
documentation seems to mention anything about internal errors.
Incidentally, the woody ch-upgrading.html also recommends using
dselect rather than apt-get but I've been unable to find it. I would
have expected it in /cdrom/pool/main/d/ on the first CD but it's not.
I hope you can help; I feel like a child whose new Christmas present
is short of the necessary batteries and the shops are closed :-)
Barrie.
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Script started on Wed Aug 7 18:32:15 2002
ttyp0:~# apt-get install dpkg apt debconf
Reading Package Lists... 0%
Reading Package Lists... 100%
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 0%
Building Dependency Tree... 0%
Building Dependency Tree... 0%
Building Dependency Tree... 1%
Building Dependency Tree... 2%
Building Dependency Tree... 46%
Building Dependency Tree... 50%
Building Dependency Tree... 50%
Building Dependency Tree... 50%
Building Dependency Tree... 51%
Building Dependency Tree... 52%
Building Dependency Tree... 63%
Building Dependency Tree... 97%
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
console-common e2fsprogs fileutils jed jed-common kbd libnewt0 libpopt0
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 lynx perl-base slang1 sysvinit util-linux whiptail
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kbd-data newt0.25
The following NEW packages will be installed:
console-common debconf libnewt0 libpopt0 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
13 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 53 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6535kB of archives. After unpacking 2798kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20020718)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter
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E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration
ttyp0:~# exit
exit
Script done on Wed Aug 7 18:33:34 2002
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