* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 05:42:43 -0400]:
Try:
apt-get remove --purge X11-common
apt-get dist-upgrade
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Hi Dave,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 05:02:30PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:
* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 05:42:43 -0400]:
Try:
apt-get remove --purge X11-common
apt-get dist-upgrade
Here is what happens when I do the remove:
Script started on Wed 14 Jun 2006
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Package x11-common is not installed, so not removed
Hmm, you could try `dpkg --purge x11-common`
HTH,
Joris
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On 6/14/06, Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Dave,On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 05:02:30PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: * Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 05:42:43 -0400]: Try:
apt-get remove --purge X11-common apt-get dist-upgradeI had a similar problem two days ago
Ok, it looks like x11-common can't do anything because somethings hosed
with debconf.
Try apt-get -f install debconf, or dpkg-reconfigure debconf, and see what
happens there.
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Hi, Joris
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:37:17PM +0200, Joris Huizer wrote:
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Package x11-common is not installed, so not removed
Hmm, you could try `dpkg --purge x11-common`
Unfortunately I get the same familiar output:
Script started on Wed 14 Jun 2006 06:38:49 AM
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 05:39:07PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:
Ok, it looks like x11-common can't do anything because somethings hosed
with debconf.
Try apt-get -f install debconf, or dpkg-reconfigure debconf, and see what
happens there.
The apt-get -f install debconf gives me the same
* Simone Soldateschi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 12:36:47 +0200]:
A debian user suggested me to fix the problem using synaptic and filtering
defective packages.. it did the job.
Sorry. Here, he can't do that because he isn't even running X, only some
components of it are needed for his
Hi Simone,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:36:47PM +0200, Simone Soldateschi wrote:
I had a similar problem two days ago trying to update 'libwx2.6-dev' from
backports.
'apt-get' failed package upgrade due to unmet dependencies and I was unable
to fix the problem with 'apt -f install'.
A
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Hi, Joris
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:37:17PM +0200, Joris Huizer wrote:
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Package x11-common is not installed, so not removed
Hmm, you could try `dpkg --purge x11-common`
Unfortunately I get the same familiar output:
Script started on
* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 06:50:32 -0400]:
Do I dare try to remove debconf? I better do a backup first, this is
getting serious smile
'Eek!' said I, and yes, do a backup.
Then, yank it out.
Then, pull debconf from the testing
repository manually and install with
Hi Joris,
When I add either the --force-depends or the --force-all option to the
dpkg --purge x11-common command, they also fail to remove the package.
When I then do an apt-get -f install, I get the same familiar failure as
I reported earlier.
I may have to save what I can and reinstall my
Dave,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 06:12:29PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:
* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 06:50:32 -0400]:
'Eek!' said I, and yes, do a backup.
Then, yank it out.
Yeah, but I can't yank it out! It is not fully installed, and nothing in
my arsenal can
just thinking aloud, maybe `apt-get --reinstall install debconf` could
help out on debconf, and then also on x11-common... I hope?
HTH,
Joris
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one more note, in case you have aptitude installed, you may try using
that, too, as it is known to be handle conflicts and brakage slightly
different from apt-get; The interactive interface can show what is
broken and such
(just calling out a few suggestions now)
HTH,
Joris
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* Joris Huizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 13:58:57 +0200]:
one more note, in case you have aptitude installed, you may try using
that, too, as it is known to be handle conflicts and brakage slightly
different from apt-get; The interactive interface can show what is
broken and such
Good
* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 07:43:57 -0400]:
Yeah, but I can't yank it out! It is not fully installed, and nothing in
my arsenal can yank it out.
Ok,then:
Look at /var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.postinst
and see what's in that file-perhaps we can hack a fix from there.
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
x11-common failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
Setting up debconf (1.5.2) ...
dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors
Why not just keep x11-common? It looks like a whole ton of X libraries
are already installed. Otherwise, figure out which programs depend on
each individual library, either by dpkg --show programname, or by
trying to remove each library individually.
Up until a month or two ago (when I gave it
* Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 12:21:32 -0400]:
:
set -e
Then re-run this apt-get -f install and we should be able to figure out
what's really wrong.
This will tell you where in the script it's exiting...
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Apologies for not reading the original message closely enough. I got
stuck on the 'x11-common' part and didn't pay enough attention to the
debconf error.
If debconf is having trouble, that's really weird. Perhaps doing a dpkg
-r debconf, then doing a clean reinstall of debconf? Using wget to
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 23:57 +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:
* Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 12:21:32 -0400]:
:
set -e
Then re-run this apt-get -f install and we should be able to figure out
what's really wrong.
This will tell you where in the script it's exiting...
Hi Joey,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:21:32PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.config and
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.postinst and add a new line as the second
line of each script:
set -e
Then re-run this apt-get -f install and we
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 06:55 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
Hi Simone,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:36:47PM +0200, Simone Soldateschi wrote:
I had a similar problem two days ago trying to update 'libwx2.6-dev' from
backports.
'apt-get' failed package upgrade due to unmet dependencies
The strange problem of the not fully installed or removed packages I
have been reporting has been resolved, but I do not understand it.
It seems that a short while ago I have switched shells from bash to zsh
to explore its new features. I did it gradually, first doing a usermod
for each of my
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 02:26:18PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 23:57 +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:
* Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 12:21:32 -0400]:
Chuck needs to have a large scrollback and paste it to here for us to
understand the entire functional
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 10:51, Charles Hallenbeck wrote (edited):
changing the symbolic link
/bin/sh to point to /bin/zsh instead of /bin/bash.
I changed the link to point to /bin/bash again, [ran apt commands
successfully
But why? I do upgrades at least once a day, and they usually went
Joey Hess wrote:
set -e
Of course that should have been -x, the point being to see where the
script is failing.
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:15:05AM -0800, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
I believe the issue is that /bin/sh is expected to be a bourne shell, or at
least closely compatible. zsh, most closely resembles ksh but includes many
enhancements. ksh has command language [that is ] is a superset of the
* Charles Hallenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-14 14:51:22 -0400]:
The strange problem of the not fully installed or removed packages I
have been reporting has been resolved...
Hooray!
It seems that a short while ago I have switched shells from bash to zsh
to explore its new features.
Carl Fink wrote:
Shouldn't apt-get then refuse to run under zsh, or itself spawn /bin/sh and
run scripts under that instead of the default shell?
/bin/sh is the default shell, and it is required on Debian that that
symlink only be pointed to POSIX compliant shells.
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Dave writes:
Figure out how to make APT point to BASH and file the bug there. Be
interesting to see what the APT people have to say.
Policy requires that /bin/sh point to a POSIX shell. Zsh is not
POSIX-compliant. You can break many things other than Apt by pointing
/bin/sh to Zsh.
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