-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:58:36 +0100 Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems...@kpnplanet.nl> wrote:
> Frank McCormick: > > Andrew Sackville-West: > > > Frank McCormick: > > > > I am at wits end....about to wipe the partition > > > > > state...strangely enough it's in a file called "status" :) > > I hesitate to reveal this but what I did was open the file, > > removed the adobe-flashplayer info..and resaved. Problem > > gone...aptitude is now happy and will do whatever I ask (except > > make the coffee). I know this is what would be considered brute > > force...but in my case it worked. I DO NOT recommend it to anyone > > Anyway, I can confirm that it worked here, having had the same > problem with package python-apt.... problem gone! :-) > > BTW, a new entry for python-apt appears to have been entered in > /var/lib/dpkg/status; it looks OK. It's the first time I've had to do anything this drastic with Debian but it seemed the only way of getting back on track. Glad it worked for you as well. Hope our machines don't blow up :) - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLHC+sAAoJEMEDyLTvrVhjKigIAJp3o+ntU1t6CE6qaEhhvBWz 1SBZaqJ0BLL7X36sFjXTTG0+v+nEfroyr65Qvau6EAoAYyyjj3si6KXbUdu3jpQv jwyF7JQBCQ7JaIE9uxcGm4AzLpPTT/HmKVuRQfocmhajvcbpWtAi7HI4xEYglWoZ 8qPYT+5QyC1bsU2j8bgN42aXZOYuWZFn42yiqBMmo2oTbgAET7FKN9E/JUicMciC eHm4a3B8UV7yYVNhw92gkIOVIO8ir3nq7ICgLYXgNVGHsDTyS/Mqq2KvEa5q/dJK PrAqFoEa4FXoFQo32jikL0LhFz4/nleYY4lTHQ0Jd69SX6rWlcwCJTDfWnzfXpE= =Z+bf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org