Subject: /usr/bin/apt-get: wrong command suggestion 'dpkg --configure -a' Package: apt Version: 0.7.6 Severity: important File: /usr/bin/apt-get
*** Please type your report below this line *** I tried to upgrade my system today under KDE, it upgrade some pam module and it asked me to restart services that depends of that module, including kdm, after i clicked OK, it restarted kdm, but this also killed all children procs and apt-get upgrade too. when i try to run apt-get upgrade once again it gives me this error: $ sudo apt-get upgrade E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. $ running specified command i get another error: $ sudo dpkg --confugure -a dpkg: unknown option --confugure Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! $ -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "which dzhandle >/dev/null && dzhandle restart-pending-instances || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib #deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1lz Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2.1-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Best regards, Vitalie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]