Alexander Jolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup writes: > > 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'). > > Although that sounds like a good idea, it didn't help either:
Oh, okay, sorry, I'll give up guessing and leave it to the sparc people. > BTW, how do I find out which version of dpkg a particular .deb > expects? check the preinst of the package (/var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.preinst); if it needs a specific feature from dpkg (like working epochs), it'll run dpkg --assert-something-or-other. -- James
