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On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 08:52:42PM +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
> 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#
> 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.
Right. The problem is in the postrm script. Looking at that, it
runs "mime-update". What happens if you run "mime-update" on its own
as root?
Hugo.
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