Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-20 Thread Mika Suomalainen
18.04.2012 12:10, Florian Kulzer kirjoitti: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:50:26 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this >> message: >> >> E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in >> SmartConfigure for libc-bin:i3

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-19 Thread Weaver
> On Thu 19 Apr 2012 at 05:40:19 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> > Use 'dpkg -i' to install libapt from /var/cache/apt/archives. >> >> O.K., I've checked out that directory and libapt is sitting there >> waiting >> for install, but I'm not used to running dpkg. >> What is the full command format please?

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-19 Thread Brian
On Thu 19 Apr 2012 at 05:40:19 -0700, Weaver wrote: > > Use 'dpkg -i' to install libapt from /var/cache/apt/archives. > > O.K., I've checked out that directory and libapt is sitting there waiting > for install, but I'm not used to running dpkg. > What is the full command format please? For me:

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-19 Thread Weaver
> On Thu 19 Apr 2012 at 02:41:12 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> When attempting to follow previous suggestions in this thread, believing >> libapt was the culprit and attempting to upgrade that, I get: >> >> E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in >> SmartConfigure for libapt

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-19 Thread Brian
On Thu 19 Apr 2012 at 02:41:12 -0700, Weaver wrote: > When attempting to follow previous suggestions in this thread, believing > libapt was the culprit and attempting to upgrade that, I get: > > E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in > SmartConfigure for libapt-pkg4.12

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-19 Thread Weaver
> On 18 Apr 2012, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:50:26 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> > For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this >> > message: >> > >> > E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in >> > SmartConfigure for lib

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm running a mix of wheezy/sid and aptitude update fails to download headers consistently tonight. Could it be a dos attack is happening against those servers?On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 01:58:57PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > >Does anyone know

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Stephen Allen
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 01:58:57PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: >Does anyone know how this whole ball of wax started ?? Why does it matter, one has to expect issues like this when running Sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Frank McCormick
On 18/04/12 11:20 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: [ Please try to adopt the posting/quoting style that I use (interleaved responses with appropriate trimming). It is in everybody's interest if each individual message by itself is easily understandable, with the relevant part of its "history" i

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Please try to adopt the posting/quoting style that I use (interleaved responses with appropriate trimming). It is in everybody's interest if each individual message by itself is easily understandable, with the relevant part of its "history" in chronological order. ] On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at

RE: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread mike
Subject: Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:50:26 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this > message: > > E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in > SmartConfigu

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid - SOLVED

2012-04-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 18 Apr 2012, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:50:26 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this > > message: > > > > E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in > > SmartConfigure for libc-bin:i3

Re: Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:50:26 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this > message: > > E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in > SmartConfigure for libc-bin:i386, aborting > > According to bug report 669060 t

Can't upgrade anyting in Sid

2012-04-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
For the last few days apt-get upgrades in Sid always fail with this message: E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in SmartConfigure for libc-bin:i386, aborting According to bug report 669060 this is supposed to be fiexd by the latest version of apt (0.9.1). I downloaded