On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 08:53:04PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 26 August 2005 20:37, Denis Barbier wrote: > > dpkg: failed to write status record about `tcl8.4' to > > `/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device dpkg: failed to open > > package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file > > or repertory > > Is 'repertory' a typo in the mail or actually in a string?
My bad, I ran tests in French and translated messages back into English ;) > This IMO is another problem with a lot of ohshite messages: (unnecessary) > use of terms and abbreviations which may be clear to a DD (hopefully) but > will in no way help a user to identify the problem or work towards a > solution. Just to make it clear, the dpkg message is the one just after `dpkg: ', the end of the sentence (eg `No such file or directory') comes from libc.mo through strerror(errno): dpkg: <dpkg message>: <strerror(errno)> Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
