On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:36:53PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >i ran
> >"dpkg -i --auto-deconfigure xlibs-43433-4_i386.deb"
> >and got
> >dpkg: considering removing xlib6g in favor of xlibs
> >dpkg: yes will remove xlib6g in favor of xlibs
> >dpkg: /home/wichert/debian/dpkg-1.6.15/main/archives.c:601:check_conflict:
> >Assertion 'fixbyrm -> client data -> istobe == itb_normal' failed.
> >Aborted.
> >i have no idea what this means, but i need to install the new version of
> xlib
> >so that i can update gnome. Please help me out b/c i have no idea what that
> >last line means or what i should do. thanks
>
> i have also tried to dpkg the latest perl-base package with similar results
> ("dpkg: /home/wichert/debian/dpkg-1.6.15/main/archives.c:601:check_conflict:
> Assertion 'fixbyrm -> client data -> istobe == itb_normal' failed.")
Perhaps you could try upgrading dpkg first. 1.6.15 is substantially
older than the version in woody, and chances are this bug has been fixed
there.
> i've been told by a lot of people that upgrading to woody gets really
> difficult because of perl and i guess i've finally hit that spot,
None of the things you've quoted really have anything to do with perl,
though. :) The problems are related to perl failing when libc6 and
libdb2 are upgraded; work is in progress to fix that.
--
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
