I found something about this problem by searching old debian-devel archives; I fixed it by force-installing debconf with dpkg, then force-installing libc6 with dpkg, then using "apt-get -f install" to let it fix the rest. Seems to have worked.
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.