Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.2 Severity: normal dpkg fails to upgrade to 1.15.3.1:
athlon:/home/janc# apt-get upgrade -u Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: gimp The following packages will be upgraded: dpkg 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2164kB of archives. After this operation, 12.3kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 109127 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.15.2 (using .../dpkg_1.15.3.1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.15.3.1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.15.3.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) athlon:/home/janc# Same problem existed on upgrade from 1.15.2 to 1.15.3 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (300, 'unstable'), (102, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to pl_PL.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 7.4-2 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.9-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.21 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org