Re: Couldn't update dpkg (works now)

1999-09-17 Thread Patrik Magnusson
Or, from dselect, hold dpkg. Upgrade. Unhold dpkg. Upgrade. Worked fine for me. Actually I had to: hold dpkg, install, unhold dpkg + hold dpkg-dev, install, unhold dpkg-dev, install. But I'm fine now. Thanks to you and Adam Powell and Seth Arnold who also responded. /Patrik

Couldn't update dpkg

1999-09-16 Thread Patrik Magnusson
I hope these lines say it all (because I can't think of anything to add). Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite

Re: Couldn't update dpkg

1999-09-16 Thread Stephen R. Gore
Patrik Magnusson wrote: I hope these lines say it all (because I can't think of anything to add). Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb

Re: Couldn't update dpkg

1999-09-16 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Patrik Magnusson wrote: I hope these lines say it all (because I can't think of anything to add). Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb