From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FVahr-0004iI-00 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:52:23 -0400 Received: (qmail 12638 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Apr 2006 13:51:52 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:51:52 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: package installation problem Message-ID: <20060417205151.GA12608@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060417194419.GA8998@hhs48.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060417194419.GA8998@hhs48.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:52:23 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Have you tried: apt-get -f install ? If that fails, then why not just rm /usr/share/man/man2/create_module.2.gz, since it seems to exist in the package you're trying to install anyway? If you didn't do that because you're afraid of messing up the system, then mv it over to somewhere else, so if the new package install bombs after all, you just mv it back into place, and no harm is done. BTW, I remember a while back you suggested that I consider switching from testing to unstable. This, and other encounters I've had while running unstable in the past is exactly why I've chosen to run testing now. Greg On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 03:44:19PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Can someone please advise me what to do? I have been living happily with > the Debian unstable distro for some time, but got bitten recently. The > package "manpages-dev" was being upgraded along with a bunch of other > stuff, and it failed with an error. I tried a number of things, > including doing a remove and purge and a new install of the package, and > it still failed with the same error. I will include a snapshot of it > below. It seems that it wants to copy over a file that is included with > modutils, and that is a no no. But now I have lost the earlier set of > manpages, which includes most of the development stuff, system calls > from GCC, and the like. I am sort of out of ideas on this one, and > really miss those man pages. Here is the snapshot: > > > Thanks. > Chuck > > - -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (83% of Full) > Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEQ/ATXnuiIOyDVQURAitZAKChkmkSH2S2FjGjUVwF6Ix3daw8dwCfc7hd > 1Tc5lhrLohlkq+u00jvOfLw= > =wLsp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEQ//n7s9z/XlyUyARAhcVAJ0Wyh7J5XNv693JRQRgNDBR2/BbxQCgv8DI fglDGMhaPQ36kl1JPvQpECM= =/Eqx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----