Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.8 Severity: serious I did the following:
ay:~> sudo apt-get install --purge debian-archive-keyring debian-faq debian-goodies debianutils deborphan desktop-file-utils dialog dict dict-foldoc dict-wn dictd dictionaries-common dictzip doc-base docbook-defguide- docbook-dsssl- docbook-mathml- docbook-simple- docbook-slides- docbook-website- docbook-xml- docdiff gif2png gettext gettext-base gettext-el ghostscript ghostscript-x Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fontconfig-config libasprintf0c2 libfontconfig1 libgettextpo0 libgs9 libgs9-common Suggested packages: xdg-utils jed-extra dhelp dwww doc-central yelp khelpcenter4 httpd gettext-doc ghostscript-cups hpijs The following packages will be REMOVED: docbook-defguide* docbook-dsssl* docbook-mathml* docbook-simple* docbook-slides* docbook-website* docbook-xml* rarian-compat* scrollkeeper* xmlto* The following NEW packages will be installed: libasprintf0c2 libgettextpo0 The following packages will be upgraded: debian-archive-keyring debian-faq debian-goodies debianutils deborphan desktop-file-utils dialog dict dict-foldoc dict-wn dictd dictionaries-common dictzip doc-base docdiff fontconfig-config gettext gettext-base gettext-el ghostscript ghostscript-x gif2png libfontconfig1 libgs9 libgs9-common 25 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 10 to remove and 546 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/23.0 MB of archives. After this operation, 23.4 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? apt-get started to remove packages, but for docbook-mathml, dpkg said that it wasn't installed: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 89406 files and directories currently installed.) Removing docbook-defguide ... Removing docbook-dsssl ... Purging configuration files for docbook-dsssl ... dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove docbook-mathml which isn't installed Removing docbook-slides ... Purging configuration files for docbook-slides ... Removing docbook-simple ... Purging configuration files for docbook-simple ... Removing docbook-website ... Purging configuration files for docbook-website ... [...] apt-get ended with a zero exit status, but due to the above problem, the system is now in an inconsistent state: ay:~> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -s Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: docbook-mathml : Depends: docbook-xml (>= 4.1.2-4) but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. docbook-mathml is still in "dpkg -l" output: ii docbook-mathml 1.0.0-2 Extension to DocBook XML for using MathML markup I don't know about what is special with docbook-mathml, except for the warning dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 package 'docbook-mathml': missing architecture due to bug 620958. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-4 ii libc6 2.13-35 ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-1 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2 ii tar 1.26-4 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.6.dfsg-2 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.9.7.2 -- no debconf information -- debsums errors found: dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5289 package 'inn2': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8592 package 'libgdbmg1': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11216 package 'libnewt0': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 package 'docbook-mathml': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 23016 package 'libpcd': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31393 package 'inn2-inews': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 33462 package 'libisc4': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5289 package 'inn2': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8592 package 'libgdbmg1': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11216 package 'libnewt0': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 package 'docbook-mathml': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 23016 package 'libpcd': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31393 package 'inn2-inews': missing architecture dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 33462 package 'libisc4': missing architecture -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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