Problems with rpm database
Axel Thimm
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Mon Feb 28 22:04:35 UTC 2005
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:17:17PM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
>
> >.... remove all overlapping i386 packages. For servers that don't need
> >openoffice
> >or HelixPlayer that's not a major loss.
> >
> > http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=326
> > http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334
> >
> >See
> >
> > http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2
> >
> >for how to make your system "singlelib".
> >
>
> Sorry to be silent on this for so long, I have been trying to use Axel's
> advice. The technique outlined in bug report 334 allowed me to remove
> all duplicate packages and allowed
> apt-get update
> to complete with no errors or warnings.
>
> However, when I run
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> it offers to remove my entire system
>
> I've included the output from the command below, but I'm thinking of
> switching over to yum. It seems to work better on this system.
>
> Why does apt-get say it wants to remove all those packages? I especially
> don't understand what's happening with bash, grep, sed, gawk, etc.
> Shouldn't those be left alone? As you can see I aborted the run when it
> asked me if I wanted to continue.
Try
apt-get check
first to see, whether apt detects something irregular in the rpm
database. Then try
apt-get upgrade
(no dist). Any packages "held back" are candidated to have caused the
panic to apt-get dist-upgrade.
--
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20050228/9024c506/attachment-0001.sig>
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list