From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.yandex.ru ([213.180.223.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IkMLv-0000qZ-00 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:11:35 -0400 Received: from 89-178-135-16.broadband.corbina.ru ([89.178.135.16]:12788 "EHLO localhost" smtp-auth: "fleytin" TLS-CIPHER: TLS-PEER-CN1: ) by mail.yandex.ru with ESMTP id S8373783AbXJWQLA (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0400 X-Comment: RFC 2476 MSA function at smtp1.yandex.ru logged sender identity as: fleytin From: Sergei V. Fleytin To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: ldconfig problem References: <87y7dvrtkx.fsf@starlight.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> In-Reply-To: (Kirk Reiser's message of "23 Oct 2007 07\:46\:21 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0400 Message-ID: <871wblke0b.fsf@starlight.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:11:35 -0000 Hi, Kirk! Thank you very much for your advice. It did the trick! Sergei. >>>>> "KR" == Kirk Reiser writes: KR> I'm never quite sure with this particular error why it crops up KR> but I've seen it a lot on debian and to a lesser extent ubuntu. KR> The down and dirty approach in this case is to rm the KR> package.postinst script. There are a few scripts which get run KR> prior to and after installing a new package to make sure the KR> permissions are correct, the directories are empty or removed or KR> who knows what else.. The dpkg system is suppose to notice when KR> one of the scripts is modified or changed for some new improved KR> reason but occasionally it fumbles and doesn't notice. If you KR> remove the offending file by hand then the package installation KR> system is forced to replace the file with the one in the .deb KR> file. So for the sake of information because you've probably KR> already done something more drastic try these two commands: KR> rm /var/lib/info/libc6.postinst apt-get -f install KR> Now with the libc6 package it is a more dangerous process because KR> if something goes wrong you absolutely cannot operate without KR> libc6 but this is a script which is being run after the basic KR> installation is complete so if it were to destroy your system it KR> would probably have already trashed it. KR> In anyevent good luck. Kirk KR> -- KR> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: KR> kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) KR> 661-3061 KR> _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing KR> list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca KR> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup