Hello, I was trying to use dselect on the Hurd. This was to a disk partition as I do not have any internet connection to the Hurd here. Must have made a mistake and have got corrupt packages.
ii debianutils 1.12 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian. ii debmake 3.6.1 Debianizing Tool and automated binary genera iHR dejagnu 1.3-19990614-4 framework for running test suites on softwar ii diff 2.7-19 File comparison utilities ii dpkg 1.4.1.13 Package maintenance system for Debian I cannot remove or re-install dejagnu. I have also got several other packages in the same state. If I try to delete or purge I get: hurd:/# dpkg -r dejagnu dpkg: error processing dejagnu (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: dejagnu hurd:/# hurd:/# If I try to re-install I get: hurd:/# dpkg -i /Debs/dejagnu_1.3-19990614-4.deb Selecting previously deselected package dejagnu. (Reading database ... 12869 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dejagnu 1.3-19990614-4 (using .../dejagnu_1.3-19990614-4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dejagnu ... install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. dpkg: error processing /Debs/dejagnu_1.3-19990614-4.deb (--install): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /Debs/dejagnu_1.3-19990614-4.deb hurd:/# Am going round in circles. Have tried /sbin/clean-info. Have also run dpkg -r on the suspect packages; then run dpkg --configure --pending, this does not error. But after a reboot I still cannot either delete or re-install packages. If this error recoverable or must I revert to the tar ball and set everything up again? Chris
