Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1 Circular dependency problem? I was just calmly upgrading etch and this happened:
apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 20 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up openbsd-inetd (0.20050402-5) ... Starting internet superserver: inetdinvoke-rc.d: initscript openbsd-inetd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing openbsd-inetd (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of netbase: netbase depends on openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver; however: Package openbsd-inetd is not configured yet. Package inet-superserver is not installed. Package openbsd-inetd which provides inet-superserver is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing netbase (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-base: exim4-base depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing exim4-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-daemon-light: exim4-daemon-light depends on exim4-base (>= 4.63); however: Package exim4-base is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4: exim4 depends on exim4-base (>= 4.63); however: Package exim4-base is not configured yet. exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however: Package exim4-daemon-light is not configured yet. Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed. Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed. dpkg: error processing exim4 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nfs-common: nfs-common depends on netbase (>= 4.24); however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing nfs-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ppp: ppp depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ppp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kppp: kppp depends on ppp; however: Package ppp is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing kppp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdenetwork: kdenetwork depends on kppp (>= 4:3.5.5-5); however: Package kppp is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing kdenetwork (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbfs: smbfs depends on netbase (>= 2.02); however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing smbfs (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of komba2: komba2 depends on smbfs; however: Package smbfs is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing komba2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntp: ntp depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntpdate: ntpdate depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ntpdate (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba: samba depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing samba (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-core: lsb-core depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however: Package exim4 is not configured yet. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-graphics: lsb-graphics depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-graphics (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-cxx: lsb-cxx depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-cxx (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-desktop: lsb-desktop depends on lsb-graphics; however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-qt4: lsb-qt4 depends on lsb-desktop; however: Package lsb-desktop is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-qt4 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb: lsb depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-graphics; however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-cxx; however: Package lsb-cxx is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-desktop; however: Package lsb-desktop is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-qt4; however: Package lsb-qt4 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: openbsd-inetd netbase exim4-base exim4-daemon-light exim4 nfs-common ppp kppp kdenetwork smbfs komba2 ntp ntpdate samba lsb-core lsb-graphics lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb-qt4 lsb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) dali:~#
