On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > When upgrading Debian 2.0 to 2.1 here with apt, I got > > .... > Unpacking replacement mime-support ... > Preparing to replace mtools 3.8-1 (using mtools_3.9.1-2.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement mtools ... > Preparing to replace ncurses-term 1.9.9g-8.10 (using ncurses-term_4.2-3.deb) > ... > Unpacking replacement ncurses-term ... > Preparing to replace procmail 3.10.7-6 (using procmail_3.10.7-7.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement procmail ... > Preparing to replace rcs 5.7-9 (using rcs_5.7-11.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement rcs ... > Preparing to replace sharutils 1:4.2-6 (using sharutils_4.2-8.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement sharutils ... > Preparing to replace strace 3.1-13 (using strace_3.1.0.1-8.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement strace ... > E: Sub-process returned an error code > > I ran "dpkg --pending --configure", which worked perfectly. > Now I'm running "apt-get dist-upgrade" again; this time it's decided > it can upgrade ytalk [previously it said it was held] but otherwise > seems ok. Weird.
Yes, this has been determined to -most likely- be dpkg seg faulting or for the example you gave it may be a delayed error exit but it usually says so. Jason