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?
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:53:25AM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > 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. Still no idea how to track it down, but I made the errors go away with apt-get -t experimental -f install tetex-base. Might as well close this. -- wli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
