Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.8 I'm not sure this is exactly a bug, but I have tried everything I can think of and can't resolve the problem.
When I try to update a few packages with dselect, dpkg complains that tmp.ci is not a directory and aborts installation of that package. I have successfully installed other packages since this error cropped up. For instance, [previous stuff looks fine...] >Preparing to replace login 961025-2 (using .../base/login_961025-2.1.deb) >... >Unpacking replacement login ... >dpkg: error processing debian/stable/binary-i386/base/login_961025-2.1.deb >(--install): > unable to install (supposed) new info file `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/': Not a >directory [does this for smail,lib5c and groff and then dies] During the above process, /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci does indeed exist and is a directory: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 25 09:26 tmp.ci/ it contains (at the largest I caught it): -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Apr 25 09:25 conffiles -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 351 Apr 25 09:26 control -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1145 Apr 25 09:25 postinst* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84 Apr 25 09:25 postrm* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 122 Apr 25 09:25 preinst* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 96 Apr 25 09:25 prerm* I am using kernel 2.0.29 and the current stable version of Debian (except for these packages, of course). Thanks for any help. Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
