On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 09:20:11PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 07:21:00PM -0700, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Package: aptitude > > Version: 0.4.2-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Severity note: the system experiencing this problem is currently > > unable to install or upgrade any packages (at least with aptitude). > > This error arose in connection with that problem, and this error may > > have contributed to the problem. So the bug might warrant higher severity. > > > > On the other hand, the crash may be a side effect of a packaging > > problem with texlive. > > > > When I try to remove texlive with aptitude I get > > dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--remove): > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > > (Reading database ... terminate called after throwing an instance of > > 'std::logic_error' > > what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid > > Aborted > > That's very odd. Does it happen with any other frontend? (e.g., dpkg > or apt)
Neither dpkg nor apt-get show this crash. Perhaps it has something to do with the processing after dpkg returns? The underlying dpkg error is obviously an unusual one. > > The reason I say it's odd is because at the point you quote above, > aptitude is actually waiting for the dpkg instance it spawned to > terminate; i.e., it isn't running at all and hence shouldn't be able > to crash. > > Daniel # dpkg -P preview-latex-style dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: preview-latex-style I also tried it with -r; same result. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
