Since this is a RPM database anomally, you might try something like: rpm -e --allmatches --justdb ximian-wallpapers
Then add the info back: rpm -U ximian-wallpapers*.rpm
.. and you can use the --justdb flag on the reinstall/update if you want save some disk cycles. If this happened with a more highly connected package (like glibc), frugal use of the --nodeps flag would permit the erase operation.
-Bob Arendt
Klaasjan Brand wrote:
On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 16:21, Panu Matilainen wrote:
On 16 May 2003, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
Hi,
Just installed te latest kernel update. Now my problem is apt stopped working :|. It just hangs at the "Reading Package Lists..." prompt. (while at 66%). Doing an strace reveals lost of pread function calls which just stop at a certain moment. Is this an apt-get problem or a kernel one? Anyone else experiencing this?
It's a more-or-less known apt problem, seen quite a few such reports, seems to be caused by duplicated packages (which is a situation apt should nowadays handle automatically but apparently it doesn't always work...)
Please report to apt-rpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list.
- Panu -
Thanks! I've found a duplicated package ximian-wallpapers (installed twice with the same version number). Now does anyone know how to remove it? Rpm doesn't help since it can't deduce which one to remove...
