On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 07:21:00PM -0700, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.4.2-1 > Severity: normal > > Severity note: the system experiencing this problem is currently > unable to install or upgrade any packages (at least with aptitude). > This error arose in connection with that problem, and this error may > have contributed to the problem. So the bug might warrant higher severity. > > On the other hand, the crash may be a side effect of a packaging > problem with texlive. > > When I try to remove texlive with aptitude I get > dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--remove): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > (Reading database ... terminate called after throwing an instance of > 'std::logic_error' > what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid > Aborted
That's very odd. Does it happen with any other frontend? (e.g., dpkg or apt) The reason I say it's odd is because at the point you quote above, aptitude is actually waiting for the dpkg instance it spawned to terminate; i.e., it isn't running at all and hence shouldn't be able to crash. Daniel
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