Re: doc-base and dpkg problems with XF-4.0.1 v12 debs
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:11:21PM -0500, Thomas E. Vaughan wrote: There are two 'Document:' sections in /usr/share/doc-base/xfree86-faq. This makes the installation fail upon installation of xfree86-common, upon which almost everything else depends. I just eliminated the second 'Document:' block, and then almost everything installed. Err, I've obviously forgotten how to write doc-base files. I'll review and fix this. The second problem, however, is that xlibgl1 won't install: [ ~/phase1 ] # dpkg -i xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb (Reading database ... 20 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xlibgl1 4.0.1-0phase1v12 (using xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibgl1 ... dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/dpkg-1.6.14/main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry = 4' failed. Aborted This totally stumps me. Looks like I need to go back to v8 again. This tells me you haven't read READ_THIS_*NOW*!!! lately. :-| -- G. Branden Robinson | One man's "magic" is another man's Debian GNU/Linux| engineering. "Supernatural" is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] | null word. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein PGP signature
Re: doc-base and dpkg problems with XF-4.0.1 v12 debs
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:11:21PM -0500, Thomas E. Vaughan wrote: There are two 'Document:' sections in /usr/share/doc-base/xfree86-faq. This makes the installation fail upon installation of xfree86-common, upon which almost everything else depends. I just eliminated the second 'Document:' block, and then almost everything installed. Err, I've obviously forgotten how to write doc-base files. I'll review and fix this. The second problem, however, is that xlibgl1 won't install: [ ~/phase1 ] # dpkg -i xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb (Reading database ... 20 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xlibgl1 4.0.1-0phase1v12 (using xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibgl1 ... dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/dpkg-1.6.14/main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry = 4' failed. Aborted This totally stumps me. Looks like I need to go back to v8 again. This tells me you haven't read READ_THIS_*NOW*!!! lately. :-| -- G. Branden Robinson | One man's magic is another man's Debian GNU/Linux| engineering. Supernatural is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] | null word. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein pgpooxzr1TIIo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: doc-base and dpkg problems with XF-4.0.1 v12 debs
Branden Robinson wrote: The second problem, however, is that xlibgl1 won't install: [ ~/phase1 ] # dpkg -i xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb (Reading database ... 20 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xlibgl1 4.0.1-0phase1v12 (using xlibgl1_4.0.1-0phase1v12_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibgl1 ... dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/dpkg-1.6.14/main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry = 4' failed. Aborted This totally stumps me. Looks like I need to go back to v8 again. This tells me you haven't read READ_THIS_*NOW*!!! lately. It is a real bug, I got the same error after I purged all old X packages. Regards Hopko Meijering -- H. Meijering Selwerd 3, Nestor 9 noord tel : (31) 050-5773509 Flits overleg Duindoornstraat 6479741 PX Groningen e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: doc-base and dpkg problems with XF-4.0.1 v12 debs
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 02:28:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: This tells me you haven't read READ_THIS_*NOW*!!! lately. Sorry. Actually, I did look at that file, but I didn't notice the extra paragraph in the middle. It would be so much easier (probably even for you) if you would prefix each version-specific change with the version number to which it pertains. Or possibly just put the latest note at the end of the file. Or at the beginning. Putting a small paragraph in between two paragraphs that seem not to have changed makes for a difference that's hard to find by eye. I am nevertheless embarrassed to have been found in violation of one of the cardinal rules. -- Thomas E. Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA
