On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 09:32:13 +0100, Julien Patriarca wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.19.0.5 > Followup-For: Bug #888234
> I meet this bug 1 in 2 upgrades on my laptop. Apt is downloading the > packages, then dpkg kicks in to install them, and the laptop is > completely frozen. I have to power-cycle it. I don't think this bug has much to do with the reported one TBH. > Once back into the system, I have to run dpkg --configure -a and apt > install --fix-broken. > Each time I get this message from apt : the package <pacakge-name> > needs to be reinstalled, but i can't find an archive for it. This means apt and dpkg are aware something is broken, which apparently does not happen with the reported bug. > I have to rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists, then run the apt install > --fix-broken and finally upgrade if necessary. Removing the lists should not be needed? Perhaps you just need to run «apt update» because the archive does not contain the packages listed in your local metadata. > Please tell me if you wish me to provide some more details, logs or > whatever to investigate this. I'm not sure whether this is really a bug at all, if it is it might be in apt though. Thanks, Guillem
