I have a problem with system upgrade (Kubuntu Edgy to Feisty) which is caused by the systems inability to remove a corrupted file. I suspect this could be filesystem related, so I am writing to this list. Since I am not subscribed, COULD YOU SEND ME RESPONCES DIRECTLY? I ran fsck /dev/hda5 (my partition) to no avail - the filesystem used to contain errors, but they are all corrected before this upgrade. Here is the story: ## trying to remove the showstopper package: dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo apt-get remove libidn11-dev ... dpkg: error processing libidn11-dev (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error' what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid Aborted dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ Errors were encountered while processing: libidn11-dev ## trying to update the showstopper package: dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo apt-get install libidn11-dev ........ Preparing to replace libidn11-dev 0.6.3-1 (using .../libidn11-dev_0.6.5-1build1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libidn11-dev ... dpkg: error processing /cdrom//pool/main/libi/libidn/libidn11-dev_0.6.5-1build1_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to install (supposed) new info file `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postinst': Operation not permitted Errors were encountered while processing: /cdrom//pool/main/libi/libidn/libidn11-dev_0.6.5-1build1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ## trying to remove the showstopper package: dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ ls -lo libidn11-dev.postinst -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 36864 2007-04-25 09:09 libidn11-dev.postinst ## the date is new because ## dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo touch libidn11-dev.postinst command was the only one that did work on this file :) ## trying to chmod the file dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo chmod 777 ./libidn11-dev.postinst chmod: keičiamos `./libidn11-dev.postinst' teisės: Operation not permitted ## Trying to force remove the file... dg@bala:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ sudo rm -f libidn11-dev.postinst rm: cannot remove `libidn11-dev.postinst': Operation not permitted I am forwarding the contents of the file: kate editor describes it as a binary, it contains a short bash script with all kinds of junk (including my mail addresses and headers) at the end... Google did not help me. Could someone explain what is happening? -- Donatas Glodenis http://dg.lapas.info
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