Alexander Jolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup writes: > > Alexander Jolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Unpacking bison (from bison_1.25-12.deb) ... > > > > > > You must upgrade dpkg before installing this package. > > > > Cool, you've somehow got a dpkg (<< 1.4.0.8); that's impressive. > > How come dpkg thinks it is << 1.4.0.8? dpkg --version says > 1.4.0.30, as does `dpkg --list dpkg'. Something's wrong, but what?
Either you have an old version of dpkg hanging around somewhere or sparc's dpkg is seriously FU (unlikely); I suggest you hunt around looking for rogue copies, and see what dpkg is actually run by root (i.e. `type dpkg' and `dpkg --version'). -- James
