W)ireless W)inds Support wrote: > i have two problems. Both are coming with apt-get dist-upgrade. I only > want to update the system from woody to sarge. All packages, without > debarchiver and etherconf, are installed correctly. > > The problems: > > debarchiver: the install progress stops after “Setting up debarchiver > (0.1.1) ...”. After about a half hour with seeing that the system do > nothing I pressed ctrl + c to stop installing this package. > > Etherconf comes after debarchiver and shows me the following problem: > Setting up etherconf (1.17) ... > hostname: name too long > Missing end line at blib/lib/ConfHelper.pm (autosplit into > blib/lib/auto/ConfHelper/getotherareas.al) line 222, <GEN0> line 11. > dpkg: error processing etherconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
> I found out that the problem with etherconf is reported as a bug > (Bug#192127). But I don´t find any solutions. What if you purge both packages ("apt-get remove --purge"), make sure "apt-get dist-upgrade" doesn't want to upgrade anything else, and then reinstall them? Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]