Bug#602263: cupt: refuses to answer "why" questions during an upgrade

2010-11-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Package: cupt Version: 1.5.14.1 $ cupt why gnome-user-guide E: some dpkg triggers are not processed, please run 'dpkg --triggers-only -a' as root E: error parsing system status file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' E: error while creating package cache This is probably a dpkg bug, of course. Is there an

Bug#602263: cupt: refuses to answer "why" questions during an upgrade

2010-11-03 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hi, On 2010-11-02 22:59, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > $ cupt why gnome-user-guide > E: some dpkg triggers are not processed, please run 'dpkg --triggers-only -a' > as root > E: error parsing system status file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' > E: error while creating package cache > > This is probably a dpkg

Bug#602263: cupt: refuses to answer "why" questions during an upgrade

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Nieder
severity 602263 wishlist quit Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > On 2010-11-02 22:59, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> $ cupt why gnome-user-guide >> E: some dpkg triggers are not processed, please run 'dpkg --triggers-only >> -a' as root >> E: error parsing system status file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' >> E: er

Bug#602263: cupt: refuses to answer "why" questions during an upgrade

2010-11-03 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
On 2010-11-03 13:00, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Yes, for some sense of the word "bug". During an upgrade it can be > very helpful to learn why the packages being upgraded are there in the > first place. Agreed. > I suppose the problem is that callers do not know how to deal with > triggers? Here'