second problem solved, but this first one is still there. There is no dhcp
in /etc/init.d. instead the tarball put in dhcpd which is what the link
in my rc2.d directory is pointing to. Where should I go from here?
Thanks,
Derek
At 12:46 AM 2/28/01, you wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 10:32:25AM -0500, Derek Doucette wrote:
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/dhcp.prerm: /etc/init.d/dhcp: No such file or directory
> > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: /etc/init.d/dhcp: No such file or directory
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dhcp_2.0pl4-2_i386.deb
> > (--unpack):
> > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/dhcp: file does not exist
> > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
>This first (incomplete) series of errors comes from a missing
>/etc/init.d/dhcp file.
>
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/dhcp_2.0pl4-2_i386.deb
>
>This is the .deb that was being processed. It's probably trying to run
>/etc/init.d/dhcp to stop the dhcp server. It's also failing to run
>update-rc.d which creates or removes the startup symlinks for the
>various runlevels. Have you by chance renamed /etc/init.d/dhcp to
>disable dhcp?
>
> > I get this error, and can't quite decipher all of it, but I figured
> > it had to do with dhcp. I did install the dhcp tarball file and am
> > assuming that that is the reason that apt doesn't know about it and
> > is getting upset.
>
>Hmm, a tarball and not a .deb? Perhaps the tarball didn't include an
>/etc/init.d/dhcp. What does 'locate dhcp' show?
>
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-common_3.3.6-11potato32_i386.deb
> > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config', which is also
> > in package xbase-clients
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>
>This is a different problem. /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
>is a program for configuring X windows. On my 2.2r2 system:
>
> >dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config shows xserver-common
>xserver-common: /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
> >
>
> > dpkg -L xbase-clients | grep config
>/usr/lib/xaw-wrappers/config
>/usr/lib/xaw-wrappers/config/xbase-clients
> >
>
>so apparently /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config moved into a new .deb
>file. dpkg doesn't want to overwrite it, because dpkg-divert is what
>gets used when one .deb wants to replace a file belonging to another.
> From doing 'dpkg --force-help', it looks like
>
>dpkg -i --force-overwrite
>/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-common_3.3.6-11potato32_i386.deb
>
>should correct the problem.
>
>--
>Tod Hagan
>Campton, NH
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>
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