Hi,
On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:51:19AM +0200, Thomas Florek wrote:
> Got the following error message:
>
> # orphaner
> deborphan: The status file is in an improper state.
> One or more packages are marked as half-installed, half-configured,
> unpacked, triggers-awaited or triggers-pending. Exiting.
something bad happend in the past an your Debian installation is broken.
This can be fixed, but until this has happend you should not try to
remove orphaned packages since this has lead to removed kernels in the
past.
Please run the following command to find out which packages are in
an improper state:
egrep '^Status: |^Package: ' /var/lib/dpkg/status | egrep -B 1
'half-installed|half-configured|unpacked|triggers-awaited|triggers-pending'
Unpacked packages can be fixed using dpkg --configure packagename.
dpkg --audit could also help.
I probably need to document what can be done in which case and add
a pointer to this documentation to the error message. Patches are
welcome! :)
> "Googling" didn't clarify anything for me.
Thanks for the bugreport, the next time someone searches for this error
message he or she will find this mail. :)
> If necessary I could give additional info
If you are not able to fix your Debian installation or to find out which
package is in which broken state please send me the file
/var/lib/dpkg/status privately.
Regards,
Carsten
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