On 2009-12-28 07:48 +0100, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > came...@jupiter:~/Downloads$ ls -l /usr/bin/dpkg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 371824 Dec 23 03:26 /usr/bin/dpkg > came...@jupiter:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.15.5.5_i386.deb > [sudo] password for cameron: > (Reading database ... 290683 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.15.5.5 (using dpkg_1.15.5.5_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement dpkg ... > Setting up dpkg (1.15.5.5) ... > Processing triggers for man-db ... > came...@jupiter:~/Downloads$ which dpkg > came...@jupiter:~/Downloads$ ls -l /usr/bin/dpkg > ---------- 1 root root 371824 Dec 23 03:26 /usr/bin/dpkg
The reason is almost certainly a bad statoverride for /usr/bin/dpkg. What does "dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/bin/dpkg" print? I bet it's something like root root 000 /usr/bin/dpkg and you can fix that with "dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/bin/dpkg". Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
