merge 489068 486843 thanks Hi,
On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 13:46:11 +0100, Nick Leverton wrote: > My thanks to all those who suggested resolutions. dpkg --configuring > the packages one by one didn't work, and it was necessary to uninstall > and then reinstall all 38 packages which were still in state iU, iW or iF. > > Some of the packages had quite wide-ranging dependencies so I had to > use "dpkg -r --force-depends", not something I normally like to do. > > It's still somewhat concerning that dpkg can get itself into this sort > of state where the only way out is to remove and reinstall substantial > numbers of packages. I'm sorry that I didn't think to save the dpkg > database in its faulty state for further tests. Sorry about not having replied to this bug report, initially thought those were follow-ups to the rest of merged bugs. Anyway, I've got a fix that I'll be pushing for next upload 1.14.21, which should happen pretty soon now. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
