On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I was going to suggest installing aptitude-dbg, but... > > ...do you mean etch or lenny?
Yes - I mean etch (4.0). I upgraded that server to etch a long time ago, then put up with a broken aptitude for a long time without investigating deeply (can't afford much downtime.) It seemed to be a good idea to try to fix it before attempting an overnight upgrade to lenny. > If you really mean etch, then > aptitude-dbg is not available. You'll have to run apt-get source to > fetch the aptitude source and then compile it with debugging symbols. > (./configure && make should do the trick, once you install the > build-deps) Thanks! Once I have a debuggable binary, which trace or dump do you need? What would you say to this alternative? 1 - upgrade to lenny with (apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade) 2 - run aptitude. If still not working, 3 - apt-get aptitude-dbg and try to get a trace or core dump for you with the debug symbols Would I end up with lots of undeleted orphaned packages? Best, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
