Package: pciutils Version: 1:2.2.4~pre4-1 Severity: normal Hi there,
the upgrade of pciutils failed with the following error: vasquez:/var/lib/dpkg/info# apt-get install --reinstall pciutils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: pciutils 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/222kB of archives. After unpacking 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used. Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done (Reading database ... 110196 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace pciutils 1:2.2.4~pre4-1 (using .../pciutils_1%3a2.2.4-1_powerpc.deb) ... Unpacking replacement pciutils ... dpkg: warning - unable to stat old post-removal script `/var/lib/dpkg/info/pciutils.postrm': Permission denied dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pciutils_1%3a2.2.4-1_powerpc.deb (--unpack): unable to install (supposed) new info file `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': /Permission denied Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/pciutils_1%3a2.2.4-1_powerpc.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The weirdest thing is actually this: vasquez:/var/lib/dpkg/info# ls -l | grep pciutils -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 643 2006-10-28 22:16 pciutils.list ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? pciutils.md5sums -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 287 2006-08-18 11:31 pciutils.postinst ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? pciutils.postrm ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? pciutils.preinst In 5 years of using linux I have never seen something like this! I can't understand whether this is a local problem of my filesystem or if there's something wrong in the old package. Obviously I can't change ownership nor permissions. Thanks for any help! -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-powerpc Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages pciutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpci2 2:2.1.11-3 Obsolete shared library for access pciutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]