On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Mike Schmitz wrote: > A while back, my system crashed, but I was able to bring up a crippled > system that I can limp along with. I lost mostly just data, and what > programs I lost, I have been able to replace by reinstalling them. One > that is becoming a sore spot, though, is dpkg. Whie it is able, mostly, > to install other programs, when I try to upgrade it, it gives me this > error: > > mschmitz:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 42321 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.1 (using > .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb) ...install-info: failed to lock dir > for editing! No such file or directory
This probably means the /usr/info/dir file has disappeared. You may create a new one by running /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst [ However, it will just create a "minimal" one ].
