William Lee Irwin III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The thing won't install. It seems to be trying to install >> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci as an info file, which (of course) explodes.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 06:05:51PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote: > tetex does not install that file (and it installs fine for me!): > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci is used internally by dpkg, it shouldnt exist > before installation starts. Do you have such a file (ls -l > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci)? > It looks like peple have reported this bug against different packages > in the past, and the cause was probably corrupt dpkg status files > (which would explain the other messages about the `series' and > `sharefont' packages) did you have disk/power failures recently? Not recently. Those have persisted for some time after such an incident in the past. They've been removed from the archives so I wasn't able to reinstall them etc. In any event I can't find any signs of corruption amongst dpkg status files. I suppose there aren't going to be easy-to-find answers for this. -- wli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
