Re: apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
On Montag, 17. Dez. 2001 at 14:01:18, java guru wrote: I had working woody and recently did a apt-get dist-upgrade. I am having problems with post installation(at settting up..stage).. Debconf seems to be complaining like uninitialized variable in... I cant proceed with any other apt-get or dpkg installations. Please advice. Hello java guru, I read in several NGs and MLs Postings from people who had the same problem. The answer to the problem was that there is a problem with pilot-link. If you have that package installed, first remove it, finish your installation and then you can reinstall pilot-link. Hth Michael -- Registred Linux-User: 183712 GnuPG Key: B3F038DC GnuPG-fingerprint: 21A7 B384 6629 F320 8AFC A2B5 4071 E5C3 B3F0 38DC
apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
HI., I had working woody and recently did a apt-get dist-upgrade. I am having problems with post installation(at settting up..stage).. Debconf seems to be complaining like uninitialized variable in... I cant proceed with any other apt-get or dpkg installations. Please advice. = Thanks and have great day srini For Stock Quotes, Finance News, Insurance, Tax Planners, Mutual Funds... Visit http://in.finance.yahoo.com/
Re: apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 02:01:18PM +, java guru wrote: I had working woody and recently did a apt-get dist-upgrade. I am having problems with post installation(at settting up..stage).. Debconf seems to be complaining like uninitialized variable in... Please provide more information, including the exact text of the error messages you're seeing, and which packages are being configured at the time. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 04:19:03PM +, java guru wrote: 1. The exact message(part of) is as follows.. I'm following up back to the mailing list. I'd rather that other people had the opportunity to reply as well as me, so please keep the conversation on the list. uninitialized value in /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Cache.pm and same problem repeats with other pms like Template.pm etc. There should be more detail in the error messages, including line numbers. It would be very useful if you could copy and paste them word-for-word. Interestingly, I can't find a Cache.pm in any version of debconf. Perhaps Joey can make more sense of this, if he's reading. 2. The package being configured at the time is debconf itself. Other package configurations fail as they depend on debconf. 3. Just for your info, I have /usr/share/perl/5.6.1 and also /usr/share/perl5. I am little confused over these two separate perl stuff, as someone mentioned about debconf problems with perl5.6.1. pl Ignore if this info is irrevalent here. /usr/share/perl/5.6.1 is used by the perl packages themselves, and /usr/share/perl5 is used by other packages that provide Perl modules. Don't worry about this. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
uninitialized value in /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Cache.pm and same problem repeats with other pms like Template.pm etc. There should be more detail in the error messages, including line numbers. It would be very useful if you could copy and paste them word-for-word. Interestingly, I can't find a Cache.pm in any version of debconf. Perhaps Joey can make more sense of this, if he's reading. It's /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm, or hs has a very wacked system. It appears that he has a corrupted debconf database. Send me a tarball of /var/cache/debconf so I can do a post-mortem, then delete /var/cache/debconf/*.dat, and all whould be well. Have you experienced any system crashes, hangs, or disk failures recently, while in the middle of installing something or using debconf? This is probably fixed in unstable, but since nobody has ever found a way to reproduce the problem, it's hard to be sure. -- see shy jo
Re: apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
--- Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: uninitialized value in /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Cache.pm and same problem repeats with other pms like Template.pm etc. There should be more detail in the error messages, including line numbers. It would be very useful if you could copy and paste them word-for-word. Interestingly, I can't find a Cache.pm in any version of debconf. Perhaps Joey can make more sense of this, if he's reading. It's /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm, or hs has a very wacked system. It appears that he has a corrupted debconf database. Send me a tarball of /var/cache/debconf so I can do a post-mortem, then delete /var/cache/debconf/*.dat, and all whould be well. Sure, I will, once I get home(from work).. Have you experienced any system crashes, hangs, or disk failures recently, while in the middle of installing something or using debconf? This is probably fixed in unstable, but since nobody has ever found a way to reproduce the problem, it's hard to be sure. You are right in that, I had system freeze on the way to dist-upgrade. Sorry, if I am taking too much of your time. I will send the /var/cache/debconf and delete the debconf/*.dat to retry. Thanks for your time. srini -- see shy jo = Thanks and have great day srini For Stock Quotes, Finance News, Insurance, Tax Planners, Mutual Funds... Visit http://in.finance.yahoo.com/
Re: [here is the output] apt-get/debconf uninitialized variable problem
Hi., Here is the output when tried to install something..Please dont mind the other unnecessary contents. thanks srini --- Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: uninitialized value in /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Cache.pm and same problem repeats with other pms like Template.pm etc. There should be more detail in the error messages, including line numbers. It would be very useful if you could copy and paste them word-for-word. Interestingly, I can't find a Cache.pm in any version of debconf. Perhaps Joey can make more sense of this, if he's reading. It's /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm, or hs has a very wacked system. It appears that he has a corrupted debconf database. Send me a tarball of /var/cache/debconf so I can do a post-mortem, then delete /var/cache/debconf/*.dat, and all whould be well. Have you experienced any system crashes, hangs, or disk failures recently, while in the middle of installing something or using debconf? This is probably fixed in unstable, but since nobody has ever found a way to reproduce the problem, it's hard to be sure. -- see shy jo = Thanks and have great day srini For Stock Quotes, Finance News, Insurance, Tax Planners, Mutual Funds... Visit http://in.finance.yahoo.com/ nohup.out Description: nohup.out
