I sucked down Sid the other night, and along the way one file failed to download, I was using 'apt-get -d' so I could monitor the update later. So I grabbed this file, and a couple of others on a 'doze box at work and put them on a floppy, with the intention of using 'apt-cache add'. But when I came to do this I got..
E:Dynamic MMap ran out of room E:Problem with SelectFile This seems (to me!) to imply some kind of lack of memory (MMap??) So I made sure nothing much was running and tried again, but every subsequent apt-cache add came up with.. E:The package cache file is corrupted. Which made me think the .deb was corrupted via Windows stoopidnes (It might still be I guess), but closer reading leads me to think the apt cache is corrupt (/var/cache/apt/packages.bin or whatever it is)..... The actual debs were copied off the floppy onto HD, and the exact names reconstructed (they'd been mangled by 'doze as usual).. Sooo, anyone got any ideas? Various Googling and slug.org/debian.org searches haven't yeilded anything yet. Direct replies appreciated since I'm on digest... thanks all... Steve _____________________ Nothing to read here. Please move along... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
