Hi, For the past few weeks I've been unable to upgrade any packages. The process fails with the following message. I can't tell if this is a problem with dpkg, debconf, or libkrb53. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. Thanks
# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: adduser bug-buddy cdrecord cdrkit-doc cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-common evolution evolution-common evolution-plugins exim4-config gaim gaim-data gcompris gcompris-data gcompris-sound-en gedit gedit-common genisoimage gjdoc gnome-core gnome-desktop-environment gnome-media gnome-media-common gnome-menus gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session iputils-ping libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libdirectfb-0.9-25 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libgcompris-1-0 libgksu2-0 libglade2-0 libgnome-media0 libgnome-menu2 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libldap-2.3-0 libldap2 libnautilus-burn3 libnautilus-extension1 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libqt3-mt libreadline5 libsoup2.2-8 libtiff4 menu mkisofs msttcorefonts nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data openssh-client python-gmenu python-xml readline-common sun-java5-bin sun-java5-fonts sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin wodim x11-common xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xterm xutils-dev 73 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/129MB of archives. After unpacking 1129kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 2 package `libkrb53': value for `status' field not allowed in this context exim4-config.postinst: [WARN] Installed debconf version is broken. Aborting preconfigure. dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 2 package `libkrb53': value for `status' field not allowed in this context E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) These are the versions of packages, I've got installed. I'm running the etch/test versions. apt 0.6.46.4 debconf 1.5.11 dpkg 1.13.24 libkrb53 1.4.4-5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
