On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 11:52:46AM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: > after succesfully installing a large number of packages it dropped > out of the routine with this: > Preparing to replace glibc-doc 2.1.3-18 (using > .../glibc-doc_2.2.4-5_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement glibc-doc ... > Preparing to replace mc 4.5.42-11.potato.6 (using > .../archives/mc_4.5.55-1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement mc ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/dictd_1.5.5-4_i386.deb
That means there were errors above about dictd, which you haven't quoted here. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > cherry# > > How do I recover the apt-get --fix-missing dist-upgrade? Just run it again. If there continue to be problems with dictd, post the relevant error message(s). Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
