Chris Wakefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all. > > I've still in a rut with my installation. I can't seem to get past > util-linux: > > dpkg -l util-linux > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==========================-=========== > iH util-linux 2.12p-4.0.0.1.pure64 Miscellaneous > system > utilities > > > > This package is holding up everything it seems: > > # dpkg -i util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 142492 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace util-linux 2.12p-4.0.0.1.pure64 (using > util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement util-linux ... > dpkg: error processing util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb (--install): > unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/doc/util-linux/README.poeigl.gz' > before installing new version: Too many links > Errors were encountered while processing: > util-linux_2.12p-7_amd64.deb > > Can someone please post perhaps a way of force upgrading of util-linux, or > whatever solutions may be at hand? > > Thanks, > Chris Wakefield.
Purge and reinstall. Or unpack manually. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]