* Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:06:07:19:02:13+0200] scribed: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:46:25AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > > * Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:06:07:18:34:52+0200] scribed: > >> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 06:27:59PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 08:36:56AM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > >>>> Now, I am unable to install, remove and purge gnotepad+-help; and > >>>> EVERYTHING else is stuck!!! > > >>>> What do you think? > > >>> I'm preparing an update that will fix this. > > >> Actually, you seem to have upgraded gnotepad+-help from a > >> pre-1:1.2.0-1 version to 1:1.2.0-1 or later. I have been unable to > >> put my grubby paws on a pre-1:1.2.0-1 version of gnotepad+-help, > >> and I could then indeed not handle upgrades gracefully. Do you > >> still have the old version? Then please send it to me. > > > No. Due to the problems that I have been having on this box, I ran both > > autoclean & clean; which has left me with nothing of that in my > > /var/cache. > > These commands: > > dpkg-divert --package gnotepad+-help --add --rename \ > --divert /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.stub > /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html > dpkg-divert --package gnotepad+-help --remove --rename \ > --divert /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.gnotepad+ > /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html > > should get you rid of the exact error message you are getting; without > access to the older versions, I don't know whether you will have other > ones.
Apparently not?
# sudo dpkg-divert --package gnotepad+-help --add --rename --divert
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.stub
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html
Adding `diversion of /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html to
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.stub by gnotepad+-help'
# sudo dpkg-divert --package gnotepad+-help --remove --rename --divert
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.gnotepad+
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html
dpkg-divert: mismatch on divert-to
when removing `diversion of /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html
to /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.gnotepad+ by gnotepad+-help'
found `diversion of /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html to
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.stub by gnotepad+-help'
# sudo aptitude -P purge gnotepad+-help
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
gnotepad+-help
The following packages have been kept back:
apt apt-spy apt-utils aptitude bash bibtool build-essential curl dnsutils
docbook docbook-xml e2fslibs e2fsprogs g++ gcc gij-4.0 irb1.8
libapt-pkg-perl libbind9-0 libblkid1 libcurl3 libdbd-mysql-perl
libdbd-pg-perl libdmx-dev libdmx1 libfam0c102 libgcj6
libintl-gettext-ruby1.8 libisccc0 libisccfg1 libmime-perl
libparse-debianchangelog-perl libqcad0-dev libreadline-ruby1.8 librpm4
libruby1.8 libsm-dev libsm6 libttf-dev libttf2 libxau-dev libxau6
libxdmcp-dev libxdmcp6 libxfixes3 lilo lshw lvm2 manpages-dev
mysql-client mysql-common nagios-plugins octave2.1 passwd postgresql
postgresql-common proftpd pydb python-apt python-netcdf python2.3-mysqldb
render-dev rpm ruby1.8 sablotron subversion sysutils tasksel tetex-base
texinfo vim vim-common x-dev xpdf-common xpdf-utils
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gnotepad+-help
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 75 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 504kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 114297 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gnotepad+-help ...
Removing `diversion of /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html to
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index.html.stub by gnotepad+-help'
dpkg-divert: mismatch on divert-to
when removing `diversion of
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index-5.html to
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index-5.html.gnp by gnotepad+-help'
found `diversion of /usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index-5.html to
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnotepad+/C/index-5.html.gnotepad+ by gnotepad+-help'
dpkg: error processing gnotepad+-help (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnotepad+-help
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
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