On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 12:51:17PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >Package: bzip2 >Version: 1.0.2-3 >Severity: normal > > >I have no idea how to tackle this: ># dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/bzip2_1.0.2-4_i386.deb >(Reading database ... 95769 files and directories currently installed.) >Preparing to replace bzip2 1.0.2-3 (using .../bzip2_1.0.2-4_i386.deb) >... >error: empty control file at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 600. >dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 21 >dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... >error: empty control file at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 600. >dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bzip2_1.0.2-4_i386.deb >(--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 21 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/bzip2_1.0.2-4_i386.deb
Please try this: dpkg -P bzip2 dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/bzip2_1.0.2-4_i386.deb Please let me know what happens after trying the commands above. >-- System Information: >Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') >Architecture: i386 (i686) >Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686 >Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > >Versions of packages bzip2 depends on: >ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-4 high-quality block-sorting file co >ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an > >-- no debconf information Anibal Monsalve Salazar -- .''`. Debian GNU/Linux : :' : Free Operating System `. `' http://debian.org/ `- http://v7w.com/anibal
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