On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 12:03:53PM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 04:37:24PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > [..] > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > > Writing extended state information... Done > > Reading package fields... Done > > Reading package status... Done > > Retrieving bug reports... Done > > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog > > debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell > > buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) > > debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline > > dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--purge): > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error' > > what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid > [..] > > Sorry for my late reply. If you can still reproduce it, can you please > run it with "-o Debug::pkgDPkgProgressReporting=true" (just append > this to the normal apt-get/aptitude commandline) and attach the result > to this bugreport? > > thanks, > Michael > I can't reproduce this anymore, since I fixed up my system. But it appears that anything that triggers the "very bad inconsistent state" message will exhibit the problem. The exact details might be sensitive to the name of the package, particularly it's length (since the problem I experienced was slightly different from another report with the "very bad" state.
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