Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#8893; Package dpkg.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgIan Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to <karlheg@inetarena.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.   <karlheg@inetarena.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 20 Apr 1997 10:07:37 +0000 Received: (qmail 4287 invoked from network); 20 Apr 1997 10:07:35 -0000 Received: from bittersweet.inetarena.com (karlheg@206.129.216.38) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 20 Apr 1997 10:07:34 -0000 Received: (from karlheg@localhost) by bittersweet.inetarena.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA01898; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 03:08:59 -0700 Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 03:08:59 -0700 Message-Id: <199704201008.DAA01898@bittersweet.inetarena.com> From: Subject: dpkg: error message should suggest user action To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Mailer: bug 2.93 Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.11 When I upgraded dpkg, this is what I saw: 507# dpkg -i dpkg_1.4.0.11_i386.deb (Reading database ... 44551 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.0.8 (using dpkg_1.4.0.11_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/lib/dpkg/methods/disk': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/etc/alternatives': Directory not empty Setting up dpkg (1.4.0.11) ... What am I supposed to do with those directories? The error output doesn't tell me. At the very least, a referal to some docs would be a good addition to that error mess. -- System Information Debian Release: 1.2 Kernel Version: Linux bittersweet 2.0.30 #4 Thu Apr 10 12:15:06 PDT 1997 i586 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: libc5 Version: 5.4.23-2 libg++27 Version: 2.7.2.1-8 ncurses3.0 Version: 1.9.9e-1