From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta13.mail.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.44] helo=mta13.adelphia.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C076R-0002H7-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:22:51 -0400 Received: from zoose ([68.170.76.156]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040825232220.EMKI24693.mta13.adelphia.net@zoose> for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:22:20 -0400 Received: from showell by zoose with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C075l-0006oN-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:22:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:22:09 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20040825232209.GA26182@lrxms.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i From: Scott Howell Subject: dpkg problems X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:22:51 -0000 Sorry folks I'm using two different matchines to read and respond to mail. I have a very borken Exim on the problem box so this is getting fun. I did as Cheryl suggested and forgot to mention that apt-get -f install did the following. First when I ran apt-get install exim4 which was the offending pkg, I got You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: at: Depends: mail-transport-agent exim4: Depends: exim4-base (>= 4.34) but it is not going to be installed Depends: exim4-daemon-light but it is not going to be installed or exim4-daemon-heavy but it is not going to be installed or exim4-daemon-custom but it is not installable E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution when I run apt-get -f install no package name Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light Suggested packages: eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info The following NEW packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 278 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1303kB of archives. After unpacking 2814kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statusoverride file E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) So there ya go and this is where I'm stuck. I am sure there's a fix here, but I'm not seeing it. tnx and keep those suggestions coming, I am sure one will fix this mess. then I'll stop breaking stuff.hahah Scott