On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Gary Roach <gary719_li...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I have a dual boot Toshiba Qosmio "laptop?" that I am upgrading from Lenny > to Squeeze. Everything worked fine (Using Aptitude) until the installation > of netatalk started; a program that I really don't need. I get: > > Extracting templates from packages: 100% > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > supported_versions: WARNING: Unknown Debian release: 5.0.6 > > (Reading database ... 91312 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace netatalk 2.0.3-11+lenny1 (using > .../netatalk_2.1.2-2_i386.deb) ... > > hostname: Unknown host > > invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "stop" failed. > > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status > 1 > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > > hostname: Unknown host > > invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "stop" failed. > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/netatalk_2.1.2-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): > > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > update-rc.d: warning: netatalk stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match > LSB Default-Stop values (1) > > insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 1 6) of script `netatalk' > overwrites defaults (1). > > hostname: Unknown host > > invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed. > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/netatalk_2.1.2-2_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure): > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > reinstall it before attempting configuration. > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > netatalk > > Press return to continue. > > First /etc/hostname is filled in. When I attempt to reinstall I get the same > type of error and the process aborts. When I try to remove or purge the > application I get the same result. An of course, Aptitude won't finish the > upgrade installation because of this error. I get essentially the same > result with dpkg. How can I get out of this mess. Help!
Take a look at the netatalk maintainer scripts in "/var/lib/dpkg/info" to see why they are failing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktiktpxn2ejpqvjccorzarfyydsy4zyknclcfq...@mail.gmail.com
