Have you tried to --force anything? You can probably force it to install the new apt, but who knows what it will do then. I bet it fixes the file list though.
-Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruno Boettcher wrote: > hello, > > trying to upgrade doesn't work anymore on my system, its state is not very > good, i lost X.... and the package list is a mess.... i admit that with all > the tries to restaurate the system it went deeper and deeper in a worse > fashion... > > e.g. trying to install the latest apt: > dpkg -i apt_0.3.14_i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package apt. > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apt-find' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > 77650 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace apt 0.3.14 (using apt_0.3.14_i386.deb) ... > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old pre-removal script: No such file or > directory > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-removal script: No such file or > directory > dpkg: error processing apt_0.3.14_i386.deb (--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: No such file or > directory > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > apt_0.3.14_i386.deb > > now why can't this tool give back which files it tryed to find (with their > path) alone noth found is far from helpful.... at least since the pre and > postremoval scripts are where i think they are supposed to be: > ll /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.7k Nov 8 05:36 > /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst > > the disks are ok, i checked them.... > dpkg --configure -a, apt-get upgrade, apt-get install etc > isn't useful since it screws itself up with all the dependency problems... > most packages are in the state: > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting configuration. > > making it impossible to reinstall or remove them..... > > so there should be a solution somewhere???? > > -- > ciao bboett > ============================================================== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett http://erm1.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett > =============================================================== > the total amount of intelligence on earth is constant. > human population is growing.... > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null