Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread J.F.Gratton
> > It's already filed as an important bug in the libc6 package. > > It broke during the unpacking, as the error messages say. In such case, > dpkg will roll back to the previous version of the package. So the > preinst script on your disk is the old one, without the cp -L. > > I'm afraid you're

Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:00:39AM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: > --- > Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.3-18 (using .../libc6_2.2.3-7_i386.deb) ... > cp: invalid option -- L > Try 'cp --help' for more information. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.3-7_i386.deb > (--unpack): >

Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread J.F.Gratton
At 17:42 2001-07-22 +0100, you wrote: At 9:29 Uhr -0600 22.7.2001, Jimmy Richards wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:00:39AM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: > cp: invalid option -- L cp from potato doesn't have the -L option. Maybe you should upgrade fileutils manually first (maybe recompiling if i

Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread J.F.Gratton
Hi Jeff, I took a look at my /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.preinst file and it has 'cp -L /lib/libdb.so.3 /lib/libdb.so.3.old' on line #21. Not sure exactly what's happening with your's. It seems like you're system just doesn't like the '-L' option for cp. Look at the man page for c

Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 9:29 Uhr -0600 22.7.2001, Jimmy Richards wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:00:39AM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: > cp: invalid option -- L cp from potato doesn't have the -L option. Maybe you should upgrade fileutils manually first (maybe recompiling if it doesnt install: cd; apt-get source -

Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread Jimmy Richards
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:00:39AM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: > > Hi, I just tried to install Deb on a new PC, but I can't complete the > install, somehow. Here's what happens. > > - I started the install with Deb 2.2r3's boot floppy (well actually the > first cd) and then changed my /etc/apt/sour

Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

2001-07-22 Thread J.F.Gratton
Hi, I just tried to install Deb on a new PC, but I can't complete the install, somehow. Here's what happens. - I started the install with Deb 2.2r3's boot floppy (well actually the first cd) and then changed my /etc/apt/sources.list to point to an ftp server with unstable instead of stable. - It