On Sunday 18 November 2007 18:41, Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:57:10PM +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
> > On Sunday 18 November 2007 16:28, Hugo Mills wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:27:42PM +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 18 November 2007 16:08, Hugo Mills wrote:
> > > > > What do you get if you do:
> > > > >
> > > > > $ sudo dpkg -i
> > > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
> > > >
> > > > Tux:/home/lisi#
> > > > dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
> > > > (Reading database ... 137517 files and directories currently
> > > > installed.) Preparing to replace acroread-debian-files 0.0.11
> > > > (using .../acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb) ...
> > > > Unpacking replacement acroread-debian-files ...
> > > > Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written
> > > > -- abort dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit
> > > > status 255 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> > > > Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written
> > > > -- abort dpkg: error
> > > > processing
> > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
> > > > (--install):
> > > > subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 255
> > > > Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written
> > > > -- abort dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 255
> > > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
> > > > Tux:/home/lisi#
> > >
> > > This starts to look more tractable by the minute.
> >
> > Oh, good. <sigh of relief>
> >
> > > What does:
> > >
> > > $ ls -l /etc/mailcap*
> > > say?
> >
> > [lisi@Tux:~]$ ls -l /etc/mailcap*
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24420 2007-10-23 09:50 /etc/mailcap
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2007-11-18 16:25 /etc/mailcap.new
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 449 2006-12-05 03:22 /etc/mailcap.order
> > [lisi@Tux:~]$
>
> Try removing /etc/mailcap.new and doing the above dpkg install
> command again. That probably won't help, but it's worth a try.
>
> Also, what happens if you (as root) do something like:
>
> # echo Foo bar baz >/etc/mailcap.new
>
> It looks like the package contains a new mailcap file, and for some
> reason it can't write data to that file. The usual reason for this is
> a full filesystem, but not always.
>
> Hugo.
The list is hard to read, but rm mailcap.new was successful: i.e. removed
mailcap.new. But didn't work. :-( Sorry about that; I ought to have used
grep. The list was quite easy to read in its original columns, and
mailcap.new is no longer there. Repeating the dpkg -i, however, still didn't
work.
See below.
Thanks again -
Lisi
Tux:/etc# rm mailcap.new
Tux:/etc# ls
acpi console-tools dictionaries-common gnome-vfs-2.0
identd.conf libgda modutils passwd- rmt
texdoctk
adduser.conf cron.d dirmngr
gnome-vfs-mime-magic identd.key libpaper.d motd perl
rpc texmf
adjtime cron.daily discover.conf gre.d
idmapd.conf lisarc motd.tail pmount.allow
sane.d tidy
aliases cron.hourly discover.conf-2.6 groff
imlib locale.gen mtab popularity-contest.conf
scrollkeeper.conf timezone
alsa cron.monthly discover.conf.d group
inetd.conf login.defs mtools.conf ppp
scsi_id.config ucf.conf
alternatives crontab discover.d group-
init.d logrotate.conf Muttrc profile
securetty udev
anacrontab cron.weekly dm gshadow
initramfs-tools logrotate.d nanorc protocols
security updatedb.conf
apache2 csh dpkg gshadow-
inittab lsb-base Net python
selinux update-notifier
apm csh.cshrc emacs gssapi_mech.conf
inputrc lvm netscsid.conf python2.4
services uswsusp.conf
apt csh.login email-addresses gtk-2.0
iproute2 lvmtab network qt3
sestatus.conf vga
at.deny csh.logout enscript.cfg hal
issue magic NetworkManager rc0.d
sgml vim
avahi cups environment hibernate
issue.net mailcap networks rc1.d
shadow w3m
bash.bashrc cvs-cron.conf esound host.conf
java mailcap.order nsswitch.conf rc2.d
shadow- webmin
bash_completion cvs-pserver.conf exim4 hostname
kde3 mailname openoffice rc3.d
shells wgetrc
bash_completion.d dbus-1 festival.scm hosts
kernel-img.conf mail.rc opera6rc rc4.d
skel wodim.conf
blkid.tab debconf.conf fonts hosts.allow
ksysguarddrc manpath.config opera6rc.fixed rc5.d
sound wpa_supplicant
bonobo-activation debian_version foomatic hosts.deny
ldap menu opt rc6.d ssh
X11
ca-certificates.conf default fstab hotplug
ld.so.cache menu-methods pam.conf rc.local ssl
xdg
calendar defoma gconf hotplug.d
ld.so.conf mime.types pam.d rcS.d
sudoers xml
chatscripts deluser.conf gdm hp
ld.so.conf.d mke2fs.conf pango reportbug.conf
sysctl.conf ytalkrc
complete.tcsh devfs gimp icedove
ld.so.hwcappkgs modprobe.d papersize resolvconf
syslog.conf
console dhcp3 gnome iceweasel
libao.conf modules passwd resolv.conf
terminfo
Tux:/etc# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
(Reading database ... 137517 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace acroread-debian-files 0.0.11
(using .../acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement acroread-debian-files ...
Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written -- abort
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written -- abort
dpkg: error
processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
(--install):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 9
Error: contents of '/etc/mailcap.new' do not match what was written -- abort
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-debian-files_0.0.11_all.deb
Tux:/etc# echo Foo bar baz >/etc/mailcap.new
Tux:/etc# cat /etc/mailcap.new
Foo bar baz
Tux:/etc#
