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Re: [SLUG] Problems upgrading debian
Oops! I left off the attachments.
>
> Further to my earlier post:
>
> > One package, 9menu, is in an unconfigured state because the post install
> > script fails. The package is not important it was suggested originally
> > as a useful adjunct to the lwm window manager. I can't configure it
> > with dpkg --configure because of the script failure and I can't purge it
> > with dpkg -P again because of a script failure. How can I remove it?
> > Does any one know if the package is faulty from (say) cse.unsw or is it
> > more likely that the scripts were corrupted in the download?
>
> I did a find and discovered the files /var/lib/dpkg/info/9menu.postinst
> and /var/lib/dpkg/info/9menu.prerm which I have attached. Can anyone
> tell me what is wrong with them?
>
> > The second problem concerns X. Three packages are listed as ic by
> > dpkg --list | less
> > they are xbase-clients, xdm and xf86setup. As I understand it i tells
> > me that they are to be installed and the c stands for config files but
> > what does this mean? Were the packages not downloaded for the lack of
> > some config files or were they just not installed? What steps must I
> > take to complete the installation?
>
> It's actually 9 packages now after playing with dselect. An edited
> version of the result of doing
> dpkg --list > installed.pkgs
> is attached. I notice that some of the packages are designated
> "3.3.6-11" and some "4.0.1-8". During the upgrade there was some error
> message to the effect that xserver-s3 (and some other packages) were
> being "held back".
>
> Should I downgrade the 4.0.1-8 packages to 3.3.6-11 and if so how?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
if [ -d /usr/doc -a ! -e /usr/doc/9menu -a -d /usr/share/doc/9menu ]; then
ln -sf ../share/doc/9menu /usr/doc/9menu
fi
fi
if [ \( "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove" \) -a -L /usr/doc/9menu ]; then
rm -f /usr/doc/9menu
fi
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
pF 9menu 1.4-10 Creates X menus from the shell.
<snip>
ic xbase-clients 3.3.6-11 miscellaneous X clients
ii xbooks 3.3.6-1 X Window System technical documentation in P
ic xdm 3.3.6-11 X display manager
ii xext 3.3.6-11 extensions to X servers
ic xf86setup 3.3.6-11 X server configuration tools
ii xfig 3.2.3.c-4 Facility for Interactive Generation of figur
ic xfonts-100dpi 4.0.1-8 100 dpi fonts for X
ic xfonts-75dpi 4.0.1-8 75 dpi fonts for X
ic xfonts-base 4.0.1-8 standard fonts for X
ic xfonts-cyrilli 4.0.1-8 Cyrillic fonts for X
ii xfonts-pex 3.3.6-2 fonts for minimal PEX support in X
ic xfonts-scalabl 4.0.1-8 scalable fonts for X
ii xfree86-common 4.0.1-8 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii xlib6g 4.0.1-8 pseudopackage providing X libraries
ii xlib6g-dev 4.0.1-8 pseudopackage providing X library developmen
ii xlibs 4.0.1-8 X Window System client libraries
ii xlibs-dev 4.0.1-8 X Window System client library development f
ii xmh 3.3.6-11 X interface to MH mail system
ii xmhtml1 1.1.7-5 A Motif widget for display HTML 3.2
ii xnest 3.3.6-11 nested X server
ii xproxy 3.3.6-11 X proxy services
ii xprt 3.3.6-11 X print server
ii xserver-common 4.0.1-8 files and utilities common to all X servers
ii xserver-s3 3.3.6-11 X server for S3 chipset-based graphics cards
ii xserver-svga 3.3.6-11 X server for SVGA graphics cards
ii xserver-vga16 3.3.6-11 X server for VGA graphics cards
ii xterm 3.3.6-11 X terminal emulator
ic xutils 4.0.1-8 XFree86 utility programs
ii xvfb 3.3.6-11 virtual framebuffer X server
ii xviddetect 0.3-2.1 XFree86 installation helper
ii zlib1g 1.1.3-11 compression library - runtime
ii zope 2.1.6-5.2 The Z Object Publishing Environment