Re: Can't write to /usr/share/doc

Joey Hess wrote: Subject: Re: Can't write to /usr/share/doc From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:25:44 -0500 To: Rob Rati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Rob Rati wrote: error creating directory `./usr/share/doc/winesetup

Re: Can't write to /usr/share/doc

On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 11:48:28PM -0600, Rob Rati wrote: > When I try to create a file with vi and save it in this dir, > I get the same kind of error. Sounds like a permission problem. What does `ls -ld /usr/share/doc` say? -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorist

Re: Can't write to /usr/share/doc

Rob Rati wrote: > error creating directory `./usr/share/doc/winesetuptk': No such file or > directory What's with the ./ ? What version of dpkg do you have? Debs do use ./ in the internal tarfiles now, possibly some old version of dpkg mishandles this? -- see shy jo

Can't write to /usr/share/doc

I was trying to install the .debs of the newest Wine build on my Potato system running kernel 2.4.4, and when apt tries to actually install the .debs, I get this error: error creating directory `./usr/share/doc/winesetuptk': No such file or directory For every single package I am trying to i