Re: apt/dpkg

2015-11-07 Thread rajiv chavan
Thank you, Reco. On 11/7/15, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2015 09:56:14 + > rajiv chavan wrote: > >> Sat Nov 7 10:05:00 UTC 2015 >> >> A message at apt-upgrade: >> __ >> The following package disappeared from your system as >> all files have been overwritten by other packages:

Re: apt/dpkg

2015-11-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 7 Nov 2015 09:56:14 + rajiv chavan wrote: > Sat Nov 7 10:05:00 UTC 2015 > > A message at apt-upgrade: > __ > The following package disappeared from your system as > all files have been overwritten by other packages: > libaudit0 > Note: This is done automatically and

Re: Apt-dpkg differences

2014-10-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 30 sep 14, 12:07:16, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > On 30/09/2014 03:27, John Hasler wrote: > >https://wiki.debian.org/FtpMaster/Override > > So, if i understood correctly, apt reports the correct information, taking > care of possible overrides by FTP master. Instead dpkg reports the original >

Re: Apt-dpkg differences

2014-09-30 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 30/09/2014 03:27, John Hasler wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/FtpMaster/Override So, if i understood correctly, apt reports the correct information, taking care of possible overrides by FTP master. Instead dpkg reports the original intention of the packager but might not reflect the real s

Re: Apt-dpkg differences

2014-09-29 Thread John Hasler
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Re: apt/dpkg problems

2009-10-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4ac66dd8.9080...@baywinds.org>, Bruce Ferrell wrote: >Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.25 (using >.../archives/dpkg_1.14.25_arm.deb) ... >Unpacking replacement dpkg ... >Processing triggers for man-db ... >Setting up dpkg (1.14.25) ... >chown: changing ownership of `&x\b': No such file or directo

Re: apt/dpkg delta feature

2008-07-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-07-19 01:13 +0200, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Look at this. > https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/presto > > Does apt/dpkg have something similar? Yes, although I haven't tried it myself yet. Have a look at the "debdelta" package. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages - SOLVED

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Martin
Hi there, I'd just like to say that thanks to the helpful and speedy replies to my question, I have sucessfully upgraded the kernel on all my Debian machines. Another victory for moving away from the Red Hat RPM system. (Yes, I am a recent adopter of Debian) Thanks again. Colin > On Fri, Dec

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:25:55AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone explain how it is that my machine even boots when according > the package manager, there is no kernel image installed? It's a long-standing buglet in boot-floppies that it just plonks the kernel into place without ins

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am looking to upgrade the kernel on my machine to deal with the > vulnerability that knocked over the main Debian servers. From what I > understand, a kernel upgrade is something that isn't done > automatically by apt. > > Can someone expl

Re: apt/dpkg bug problem

2002-11-03 Thread dave . stinchcombe
> from:Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date:Sun, 03 Nov 2002 13:39:04 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: Re: apt/dpkg bug problem > > On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 01:12:19PM , > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > apt version 0.5.4 i386 dpkg vers

Re: apt/dpkg bug problem

2002-11-03 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 01:12:19PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > apt version 0.5.4 i386 dpkg version 1.9.21 kernel 2.2.20-idepci#1 > libc-2.2.5-so Machine: Cpu Intel Celeron 1.7Ghz; Motherboard Columbia; > Ram 256MB. > > > Hi, Forgive my newbie problems (I did install debian some six years >

Re: apt/dpkg + /var/lib/dpkg/status problems

2002-05-31 Thread Ben White
Ok Reboot didn't fix it. But I commented a load of the sources out of my /etc/apt/sources.list, did a apt-get update, and now it all works again. I have now uncommented the sources I commented out, and it still works. Very strange. Thanks. On Fri, 31 May 2002, Ben White wrote: > > I should h

Re: apt/dpkg + /var/lib/dpkg/status problems

2002-05-31 Thread Ben White
I should have some free, half a gig physical, 1 gig swap or there abouts. My machine normally crashes whenever I exit X, (the nvidia drivers I've always assumed), but hasn't for a few days. I guess a reboot won't hurt. I'll see if I can test the ram with memtest86 while I'm out to lunch later.

Re: apt/dpkg + /var/lib/dpkg/status problems

2002-05-31 Thread Rico -mc- Gloeckner
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:16:15AM +0100, Ben White wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ben# apt-get install foo > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room Do You have enough Memory (RAM, Swap)? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ben# apt-cache search foo > Segmentation fault I'd st

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-28 Thread Peter Parkes
Thanks for your help, guys, but I think that I have fixed things. I seem to have got things working by using the backup.1 as the status file. I know that this might leave my system thinking that things are installed when they are not (and vise-versa) but I figure that I can work through the diff an

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
> it happened a few times to me too. i was usually able to solve it by > editing /var/lib/dpkg/status (yes i know it can be dangerous). is > there any line number specified for the error? you can try posting the > relevant section of the file. > > hope it helps. > > pietro. Pietro, assuming that

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:59, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > Peter Parkes wrote: > > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now > > having problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable > > to parse status file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). > > it happened a few times to me

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Peter Parkes wrote: > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now > having problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable > to parse status file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). it happened a few times to me too. i was usually able to solve it by editing /var/lib/dpkg/s

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
> > Perhaps a diff between /var/lib/dpkg/status and one of > /var/backups/dpkg.status* would help you here. At least it should reveal > the last few changes to /var/lib/dpkg/status. > > HTH Hmmm...diff between /var/lib/dpkg/status (april 25, when the error occoured) and backups/dpkg.status.0 (apr

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:30:45PM +1000, Peter Parkes wrote: > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now having > problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable to parse status > file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). Ouch. > I am wondering if anyone has a suggestio

Re: apt, dpkg

2001-01-09 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Andreas Rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # hello, # # i am working with unstable, and i am a little confused, because # dselect wants to remove some parts from my kde! # apt seems to have the same problem, but it keeps some packages # back. # Who can i detect and resolve this problem? # # greeti

Re: Apt/dpkg...screwed up bad!

2000-02-16 Thread David J. Kanter
This seemed to do the trick: dpkg --clear-avail apt-get update On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 06:39:24PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > I must have really messed something up. Running either dselect or apt-get > gives me this: > > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > E: The packa

Re: apt, dpkg, dselect, and deity?

2000-01-16 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Chris R. Martin wrote: > Forgive me, I've been out of the Debian world for a while. I'm having > trouble figuring out the relationship between apt, dpkg, dselect, and > "deity" (which seems to be something in development). I know what dselect deity is APT's development co

Re: apt, dpkg, dselect, and deity?

2000-01-16 Thread Nate Duehr
I also forgot to mention that there's currently quite a bit of work going on to get Debian more user friendly at installation-time. One of the big initiatives is "debconf" which allows packages to have a common front-end to ask the user questions about their configuration settings during package i

Re: apt, dpkg, dselect, and deity?

2000-01-16 Thread Nate Duehr
I'm not an extremely long-term Debian user, but in the sake of getting you a quick response: Apt is a method of getting the files from the servers mostly, but it has added features now to frontend dpkg also. In dselect, you can use the "apt" method of getting files, which by default uses the mai

Re: apt/dpkg/dselect rtfm

1999-02-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MA" == MacKenzie, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MA> On the subject of how to maintain a Debian system (and thanks to MA> those who responded previously), I am looking for the best source MA> on how to become a power user of apt / dpkg / dselect. Is it the MA> unfinished Admin guide in t