Package: mpich Version: 3.3~b2-5 Severity: serious
During an upgrade attempt I get the following output: ~$ LANG=C sudo aptitude full-upgrade The following partially installed packages will be configured: libmpich-dev mpich No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Setting up mpich (3.3~b2-5) ... update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc dpkg: error processing package mpich (--configure): installed mpich package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmpich-dev:amd64: libmpich-dev:amd64 depends on mpich (= 3.3~b2-5); however: Package mpich is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libmpich-dev:amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mpich libmpich-dev:amd64 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Setting up mpich (3.3~b2-5) ... update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc dpkg: error processing package mpich (--configure): installed mpich package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmpich-dev:amd64: libmpich-dev:amd64 depends on mpich (= 3.3~b2-5); however: Package mpich is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libmpich-dev:amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mpich libmpich-dev:amd64 -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=el:en_US (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages mpich depends on: ii hwloc-nox 1.11.10-1 ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libgcc1 1:8-20180425-1 ii libmpich12 3.3~b2-5 Versions of packages mpich recommends: iu libmpich-dev 3.3~b2-5 Versions of packages mpich suggests: pn mpich-doc <none> -- no debconf information
