Wichert Akkerman writes: > Previously Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> Do you have any more details about how to reproduce the fault? > > Yes, I have a .tar.gz of a /var/lib/dpkg tree, if you use that and > try to install then try to install libggi-target-svgalib and > libggi-target-x dpkg will die. > > I'm uploading the relevant stuff to http://klecker.debian.org/~wakkerma/dpkg/ > now, it should be there in 20 minutes.
Thanks. I don't seem to be able to reproduce this on either of my machines, however. lyonesse$ really rm -rf root/ dpkg-bak/ && mkdir root && tar xfz db.tgz lyonesse$ really dpkg --admindir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/dpkg-bak/ --instdir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/root/ -i *.deb (Reading database ... 54240 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libggi-target-svgalib (from libggi-target-svgalib_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking libggi-target-x (from libggi-target-x_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ... Setting up libggi-target-svgalib (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ... Setting up libggi-target-x (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ... lyonesse$ echo $? 0 lyonesse$ dpkg -l dpkg libc6|tail -2 ii dpkg 1.8.3.1 Package maintenance system for Debian ii libc6 2.2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone lyonesse$ sfere$ really rm -rf root/ dpkg-bak/ && mkdir root && tar xfz db.tgz sfere$ really dpkg --admindir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/dpkg-bak/ --instdir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/root/ -i *.deb (Reading database ... 54240 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libggi-target-svgalib (from libggi-target-svgalib_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking libggi-target-x (from libggi-target-x_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ... Setting up libggi-target-svgalib (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ... Setting up libggi-target-x (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ... sfere$ echo $? 0 sfere$ dpkg -l dpkg libc6|tail -2 ii dpkg 1.6.15 Package maintenance system for Debian ii libc6 2.1.3-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone sfere$ ttfn/rjk
