apt-get would not run - solved

[Lindsay Allen <allen@cleo.murdoch.edu.au>]

For two weeks or so I have been baffled by the fact that apt-get would not
*do* anything.  dselect worked fine, but not apt-get.  Lurking on
debian-devel gave me the clue to the problem.

I had libc6_2.0.7u-5 and dpkg_1.4.0.28 installed.  A message from Jason
said that dpkg versions 1.4.0.28 through 1.4.0.31 should not be used with
libc6_2.0.7u-5, so I downgraded dpkg to 1.4.0.27.1 and apt now works as
advertised.

HTH somebody else.
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Lindsay Allen   <allen@cleo.murdoch.edu.au>  Perth, Western Australia
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