tags 307282 +unreproducible thanks This one time, at band camp, Martin Hansen said: > hdparm is pending for upgrade but fails with folowing text. > I have tried redownloading it but no difference. > The file that it claims to be a directory is removed by dpkg after > trying, so it is not an error of my system (at least not directly).
Something is seriously wrong on your machine, my friend. > Reading package fields... Done > Reading package status... Done > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Reading changelogs... Done > (Reading database ... 198473 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace hdparm 5.8-1 > (using .../archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement hdparm ... > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old post-removal script: Permission > denied > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2 This means the postrm script didn't have the executable bit set, which is extraordinarily unlikely in normal circumstances. > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > unable to install (supposed) new info file > `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is a directory The new postrm script is (I guarantee) not a directory. > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to > recover: > Press return to continue. Try running memtest or one of the other hardwre checker programs on your machine for a few hours - this smells of bad RAM to me. Or is /tmp full? I am not sure that would cause the errors seen, but something wierd is going on. Good luck with it, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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