Re: Bug#45198: apt: No handling of dpkg-source unpack failures
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 gsstark@mit.edu wrote:
> I tried to unpack a source archive and due to an unrelated bug in dpkg-source
> it failed. Now that I've worked around the dpkg-source bug how to I recover? If
> I ask apt to install the package it thinks it's already unpacked. Do I have to
> delete the directory and redownload it to get apt to do anything here?
There is nothing that can really be done here, dpkg source is not kind
enough to clean up after itself. You have to do one of two things:
1) Run dpkg-source -x .... by hand
2) rm -rf ctwm-3.5 by hand and rerun APT
You do not need to erase the downloaded files.
Jason
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