[clue-tech] Debian packaging problem

[Collins Richey]

On 8/26/07, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
> > I decided to revive my Debian Etch/Testing for a new project. Debian
> > has moved on and Testing now drags in all the changes for Lenny, so I
> > though why not?
>
> Did you do a dist-upgrade?
>
> > Now, after installing many packages, the apt-get upgrade sticks in the
> > middle of configurations, beause the developers created a garbage
> > prompt in the postgresql-common configuration. It's expecting an OK
> > but does not accept a console response. dpkg --configure -a gets stuck
> > in the same garbage.
>
> You can always uninstall postgresql.
>

Not until the problem is fixed. Any action attempts to clean up the
failing configure and gets hung in the same wait forever loop! For
example, 'apt-get remove <anypackage>' hangs.


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Collins Richey
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