severity 305211 important thanks John,
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 12:44:11PM -0400, John A. Martin wrote: > ,----[ /usr/bin/aptitude update&&/usr/bin/aptitude -P dist-upgrade;date ] > [[ ... ]] > Setting up slapd (2.2.23-2) ... > Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.23-1... done. > Moving old database directories to /var/backups: > > Backup path /var/backups/dc=jamux,dc=com-2.2.23-1.ldapdb exists. Giving > up... > dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > [[ .. ]] > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: > Setting up slapd (2.2.23-2) ... > Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.23-1... done. > Moving old database directories to /var/backups: > > Backup path /var/backups/dc=jamux,dc=com-2.2.23-1.ldapdb exists. Giving > up... > dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > [[ ... ]] > `---- Was there an error *before* this? Why does /var/backups/dc=jamux,dc=com-2.2.23-1.ldapdb exist, and what are its contents? Severity downgraded, because the above is a deliberate safety check in the code to prevent destroying backups on error. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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