on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:30:11AM -0600, Pete Templin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I did a live upgrade (production server, company doesn't have funds for a > development or transition server) on a box from Debian 2.1 to Debian 2.2, > and reminded myself why I don't like to upgrade boxes. I've got most of > the stuff fixed (finally), but I get these errors in dselect: > > When trying to [A]ccess, > > Connecting to ftp.debian.org... > Can't call method "quit" on an undefined value at > /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 148, <STDIN> chunk 10. > > query/setup script returned error exit status 29. > Press <enter> to continue. > > > When trying to [I]nstall, > > Couldn't open /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/vars : No such file or directory > Try to relaunch the « Access » step in dselect, thanks. > > installation script returned error exit status 2. > Press <enter> to continue. > > Any suggestions on how to get my dselect happy again? > > Please reply directly, as I'm not on debian-user at this time.
I tend to use apt-get and dpkg.
When I get into a 'errors' condition, I generally alternate between:
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
and
$ dpgk --configure -a
...which, iterated sufficiently, usually seems to do the trick.
Peace.
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