I might have fixed this by simply running: dpkg --configure -a My highest priority was to be able to install mycustompackage.deb. I'm a bit less concerned if I'm slightly behind on qmail versions (or a few other packages).
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:54 PM Marco Shaw <marco.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > (I'm not sure if I'm on the right track and whether the information below > is everything. I'm still researching and trying to figure out what to do. > There's no backup available. I'm looking for any possible > hints/logs/commands/etc.) > > Debian Wheezy 7.x 32-bit (I know I should upgrade, but bear with me) > > I'm in a bit of a pickle. I tried to upgrade a chroot'ed environment and > it seems I broke dpkg in the process. > > I don't know if the cause of the problems is that apt-get isn't able to > handle a qmail upgrade or if it's something else (it seems snmpd also > didn't "finish" during the last round). > > I think the error I'm trying to address is: > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > I might have some of the information from the console when this first > broke, but it seems I can reproduce as per below. > > It seems I have a very old version of qmail, and upgrading to the one in > my apt mirror is too much of a change. I've googled, and have not been able > to find anything between 1.03-38 and 1.06-5 yet. > > (Removed a few lines and struggled with the formatting) > # apt-get install qmail > The following extra packages will be installed: > qmail-run qmail-uids-gids > Suggested packages: > dot-forward qmail-tools > The following NEW packages will be installed: > qmail-run qmail-uids-gids > The following packages will be upgraded: > qmail > 1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > 107 not fully installed or removed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > Get:1 http://10.105.176.67/debian/ wheezy/main snmpd i386 > 5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1 [964 kB] > Fetched 964 kB in 0s (6,685 kB/s) > Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) > (Reading database ... 1852018 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace qmail 1.03-38 (using > .../archives/qmail_1.06-5_i386.deb) ... > Upgrading from qmail version 1.03-38 is not yet supported. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/qmail_1.06-5_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/qmail': Directory not empty > insserv: warning: script 'K01qmail' missing LSB tags and overrides > insserv: warning: script 'qmail' missing LSB tags and overrides > dpkg: regarding .../qmail-uids-gids_1.06-5_all.deb containing > qmail-uids-gids: > qmail conflicts with qmail-uids-gids > qmail-uids-gids (version 1.06-5) is to be installed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/qmail-uids-gids_1.06-5_all.deb (--unpack): > conflicting packages - not installing qmail-uids-gids > dpkg: regarding .../qmail-run_2.0.2_all.deb containing qmail-run: > qmail-run conflicts with mail-transport-agent > qmail provides mail-transport-agent and is present and installed. >
