Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.21 I'm trying to upgrade a machine from potato with 2.2.x to sarge with 2.6.x. This would have been much easier if dpkg didn't bomb out with `failed to mmap /var/lib/dpkg/available: Invalid argument' (or words to that effect - sorry, I have no cut and paste).
I can think of other more demented situations where mmap might fail, but `kernel too new' is an obvious one. mmap is one of those things that's not always guaranteed to work even on a filesystem with proper semantics. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
