Hasty, hasty, and now I'm feeling stupid, I ran out of disk space and I'm replying to self to boot. Doing an 'apt-get autoclean' and juggling a couple things did the trick. But why does dpkg segfault instead of telling you there just isn't enough room to install?
NRH On Friday 21 November 2003 16:58, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote: > I'm running Sid. Just did an apt-get update/upgrade (via Synaptic) and now > dpkg fails with error: > > wallace:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i dpkg_1.10.15_powerpc.deb > dpkg - warning: downgrading dpkg from 1.10.18 to 1.10.15. > (Reading database ... 94666 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.18 (using dpkg_1.10.15_powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement dpkg ... > Segmentation fault > wallace:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by > signal (Broken pipe) > > Initially, it happened when unpacking a new version of cups. It seems to > only do it when replacing packages, though, I removed/reinstalled a couple > (noncrucial and minor :) things without problems. I can't downgrade dpkg > back to 1.10.15 from 1.10.18, and I'm afraid I don't know how to fix it > otherwise. So, 1) does anyone know how to get out of this lovely > predicament, and 2) how do I make really sure it is dpkg, and is there > anything else I should do (file a bug, and how/where do I do it? I'm > afraid I'm rather new at this :^} ). > > Also, FWIW, in testing I used cinepaint packages as a guinea pig. Somewhere > in my blundering, the cinepaint package got into "a very bad inconsistent > state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal". I assume > that's from dpkg crapping out. Have a nice day, folks! (I am. ;)) > > NRH
