Received Sat 12 May 2007 12:52am +1000 from Thomas Quas: > Hm, what I get here is this: > > $ sudo apt-get remove wajig > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > wajig > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 79 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. > After unpacking 446kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > dpkg: error processing wajig (--remove): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > Errors were encountered while processing: > wajig > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > $ sudo apt-get install wajig > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Suggested packages: > dpkg-repack gkdebconf gnome-tasksel apt-show-versions > The following packages will be upgraded: > wajig > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 79 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/96.7kB of archives. > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > Reading changelogs... Done > Selecting previously deselected package wajig. > (Reading database ... 360163 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace wajig 2.0.35 > (using .../archives/wajig_2.0.36_all.deb) ... > INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ? > main() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main > rv = action.run(global_options) > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 945, in run > pkg.read_version_info() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 539, in read_version_info > raise PyCentralError, "package has no field Python-Version" > __main__.PyCentralError: package has no field Python-Version > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ? > main() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main > rv = action.run(global_options) > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 945, in run > pkg.read_version_info() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 539, in read_version_info > raise PyCentralError, "package has no field Python-Version" > __main__.PyCentralError: package has no field Python-Version > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/wajig_2.0.36_all.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ? > main() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main > rv = action.run(global_options) > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 869, in run > pkg.read_version_info() > File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 539, in read_version_info > raise PyCentralError, "package has no field Python-Version" > __main__.PyCentralError: package has no field Python-Version > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/wajig_2.0.36_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Received Sat 12 May 2007 12:49am +1000 from Thomas Quas: > It worked. I figured that the > > $ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/wajig.prerm > > as described on the issue report should really be > > $ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/wajig.prerm > > > My fault. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > > -tom Actually, my fault! Sorry about the bad information. You are absolutely correct that I missed the "info" bit in the path. Sorry for that. Regards, Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
