I've been struggling with a 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade, and I need help. I used: apt-get update then: apt-get --download-only to retrieve the packages followed by: apt-get -f dist-upgrade to install. It ended with an error and I retried the command. several times.
The problem is that I get a number of BUS ERRORs in the .postinst scripts of several packages and eventually apt and dselect quit under the weight of these accumulated errors. When I try configuring one package by hand, with the .postinst modified for ldconfig -v I get the following: polaris:~# dpkg --configure binutils Setting up binutils (2.9.1.0.19a-2) ... ldconfig: version 1.9.10 /usr/lib/tkstep: libtk8.0.so.1 => libtk8.0.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d: /usr/lib/libc5-compat: libstdc++.so.27 => libstdc++.so.27.2.1 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXp.so.6 => libXp.so.6.2 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 libg++.so.27 => libg++.so.27.2.1 /lib/libc5-compat: /usr/X11R6/lib: libwxtab_xt.so.1 => libwxtab_xt.so.1.66 libwxgrid_xt.so.1 => libwxgrid_xt.so.1.66 libwx_xtwidgets.so.1 => libwx_xtwidgets.so.1.66 libwx_xtthread.so.1 => libwx_xtthread.so.1.66 libwx_xt.so.1 => libwx_xt.so.1.66 libwraster.so.0 => libwraster.so.0.0.1 libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.10 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXp.so.6 => libXp.so.6.2 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 libXaw3d.so.6 => libXaw3d.so.6.1 libMesatk.so.2 => libMesatk.so.2.6 libMesaaux.so.2 => libMesaaux.so.2.6 libMesaGLw.so.2 => libMesaGLw.so.2.6 libMesaGLU.so.2 => libMesaGLU.so.2.6 libMesaGL.so.2 => libMesaGL.so.2.6 libWMaker.so.0 => libWMaker.so.0.0.0 libDnd.so.1 => libDnd.so.1.0 libDnd++.so.1 => libDnd++.so.1.0 libXm.so.1 => libXm.so.1.2 libMrm.so.1 => libMrm.so.1.2 libUnidraw.so.0 => libUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libUnidraw-common.so.0 => libUnidraw-common.so.0.6.7 libUniIdraw.so.0 => libUniIdraw.so.0.6.7 libTopoFace.so.0 => libTopoFace.so.0.6.7 libTime.so.0 => libTime.so.0.6.7 libOverlayUnidraw.so.0 => libOverlayUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libIVGlyph.so.0 => libIVGlyph.so.0.6.7 libIV.so.0 => libIV.so.0.6.7 libIV-common.so.0 => libIV-common.so.0.6.7 libGraphUnidraw.so.0 => libGraphUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libFrameUnidraw.so.0 => libFrameUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libDrawServ.so.0 => libDrawServ.so.0.6.7 libComUtil.so.0 => libComUtil.so.0.6.7 libComUnidraw.so.0 => libComUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libComTerp.so.0 => libComTerp.so.0.6.7 libComGlyph.so.0 => libComGlyph.so.0.6.7 libAttribute.so.0 => libAttribute.so.0.6.7 libAttrGlyph.so.0 => libAttrGlyph.so.0.6.7 libolgx.so.3 => libolgx.so.3.2.4 libwraster.so.1 => libwraster.so.1.0.0 libMagick.so.4 => libMagick.so.4.0.4 libxview.so.3 => libxview.so.3.2.4 /usr/lib: /var/lib/dpkg/info/binutils.postinst: line 16: 30781 Bus error ldconfig -v dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 135 Errors were encountered while processing: binutils Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Louis [EMAIL PROTECTED]