Can't upgrade dpkg (1.9.21 > 1.13.9)

From: Jonathan Beeston (jon_at_beeston.me.uk)
Date: 06/25/05

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    Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:57:25 +0100
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    Hi,

    My upgrade to Sarge has gone awry. When I run aptitude -f
    --with-recommends dist-upgrade, it falls over when it tries to upgrade
    dpkg. I can't work out what the problem is, and I'd appreciate any
    help. I've pasted the output of aptitude below. Any suggestions?

    Thanks in anticipation,

    Jon.

    aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree
    Reading extended state information
    Initializing package states... Done
    Reading task descriptions... Done
    The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
      apache2-utils cpp-3.3 dictionaries-common e2fslibs fontconfig g++-3.3
      gcc-3.3 gdk-imlib1 gnome-bin gnome-libs-data gs gs-common gs-gpl
      gsfonts-x11 initscripts libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libbind9-0 libblkid1
      libdb4.1 libdb4.3 libdevmapper1.01 libdns20 libedit2 libfontconfig1
      libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome32 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data
      libgnomeprint15 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libice6 libisc9
      libisccc0 libisccfg1 libldap-2.2-7 libmagic1 libpaper-utils libpaper1
      libpcap0.7 libpcap0.9 libpng10-0 libreadline5 libselinux1 libslp1 libsm6
      libss2 libstdc++5-3.3-dev libtiff4 libungif4g libuuid1 libx11-6 libxaw7
      libxext6 libxft1 libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2
      libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libzzip-0-12 lsof ntp
      ntp-server openssh-client openssh-server php4-common skyutils2
      squirrelmail-locales ssl-cert sysv-rc tcl8.4 wamerican xlibs-data
      xml-core xutils
    The following packages have been kept back:
      clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam debconf-utils gettext html2text
      libauthen-pam-perl libclamav1 libgmp3 man2html module-assistant
      po-debconf webmin webmin-apache webmin-core webmin-dhcpd webmin-exim
      webmin-fetchmail webmin-firewall webmin-htaccess webmin-inetd webmin-lilo
      webmin-logrotate webmin-procmail webmin-proftpd webmin-samba
      webmin-spamassassin webmin-sshd webmin-xinetd wireless-tools
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      apache2-utils awstats cpp-3.3 dictionaries-common e2fslibs fontconfig
      g++-3.3 gcc-3.3 gdk-imlib1 gnome-bin gnome-libs-data gs gs-common gs-gpl
      gsfonts-x11 initscripts ldap-utils libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libbind9-0
      libblkid1 libcupsys2 libdb4.1 libdb4.3 libdevmapper1.01 libdns20 libedit2
      libfontconfig1 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome32 libgnomeprint-bin
      libgnomeprint-data libgnomeprint15 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32
      libgnorba27 libgtk1.2 libice6 libisc9 libisccc0 libisccfg1 libldap-2.2-7
      libmagic1 libnss-db libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.7 libpcap0.9
      libpng10-0 libreadline5 libselinux1 libslp1 libsm6 libss2
      libstdc++5-3.3-dev libtiff4 libungif4g libuuid1 libx11-6 libxaw7 libxext6
      libxft1 libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1
      libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libzzip-0-12 lsof ntp ntp-server
      openssh-client openssh-server perl-tk php4-common skyutils2
      squirrelmail-locales ssl-cert sysv-rc tcl8.4 wamerican xfree86-common
      xlibs xlibs-data xml-core xutils
    The following packages will be upgraded:
      anacron apache apache-common apache-ssl asclock-themes base-config
      bastille bc biff bin86 bind9-host binutils bison bridge-utils
      bsdmainutils cpp cpp-2.95 cron curl cyrus-admin dc debian-policy defoma
      dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text docbook docbook-xml dpkg e2fsprogs ed
      eject emacsen-common esound esound-clients esound-common exim expect
      fbset fdflush fdutils file fileutils findutils finger flex ftp
      fvwm95-icons g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gcc-3.3-base gdb gettext-base
      gimpprint-locales gnome-mime-data gnupg-doc gpm grep groff groff-base
      gsfonts gzip harden-doc harden-tools hermes1 hostname iamerican ibritish
      ifupdown imlib-base info ipmasq iptables isapnptools ispell jed
      jed-common klogd less lftp libart2 libaudiofile0 libbonobo2 libcapplet1
      libcdaudio0 libcdparanoia0 libcomerr2 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libcurl3
      libcurses-perl libdb2 libdb2-util libdb3-util libdb4.2 libdps1 libefs1
      libesd0 libesmtp5 libexpat1 libfreetype6 libgcc1 libgcrypt11 libgd2
      libgd2-noxpm libgdbmg1 libghttp1 libgimpprint1 libglib1.2 libgnorbagtk0
      libgnutls11 libgpmg1 libgtop1 libguile9 libhtml-tagset-perl libident
      libjpeg62 libkpathsea3 libkrb53 libldap2 liblocale-gettext-perl
      liblockfile1 libltdl3 liblwres1 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5
      libnet-ph-perl libnet-snpp-perl libnet-telnet-perl libnewt0.51 liboaf0
      liborbit0 libpaperg libpcre3 libpng2 libpng3 libscrollkeeper0
      libsnmp-base libsnmp4.2 libssl0.9.6 libstdc++2.10-dev
      libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libsysfs1 libtext-iconv-perl
      liburi-perl libwrap0 libxml1 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1 libzvt2 lilo
      lincity lockfile-progs logrotate lsof-2.2 lynx m4 mailx makedev man-db
      manpages manpages-dev mbr menu mime-support minicom mlock modconf mount
      mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term
      net-tools netbase netkit-inetd netkit-ping nmap ntp-doc ntp-simple
      ntpdate nvi oaf openssl pciutils php4 pidentd ppp pppconfig procmail
      procps proftpd proftpd-common psfontmgr psmisc psutils pump rcs samba
      samba-common samba-doc scrollkeeper sed setcd setserial sgml-base
      sgml-data sharutils shellutils slang1 slapd smbclient smbfs smssend
      spamassassin spamc squirrelmail ssh strace sudo swat sysklogd syslinux
      sysvinit talk tar tasksel tcl8.0 tcl8.3 tcpd tcpdump tcsh telnet
      tetex-base texi2html texinfo time ucf unzip util-linux util-linux-locales
      vacation wenglish wget whiptail whois wwwconfig-common xinetd
    The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
      bonobo db4.2-util imagemagick libft-perl libnet-dns-perl
      libnet-xwhois-perl libsasl2-modules lrzsz netpbm psad tetex-doc wbritish
    255 packages upgraded, 92 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/161MB of archives. After unpacking 187MB will be used.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
    Writing extended state information... Done
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    Info: dictionaries-common/default-ispell is already set to
          [british (British English)]. Preserving it.
    Info: dictionaries-common/default-wordlist is already set to
          [american (American English)]. Preserving it.
    (Reading database ... 38856 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to replace dpkg 1.9.21 (using
    .../archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb) ...
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb
    (--unpack):
     subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.9_i386.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree
    Reading extended state information
    Initializing package states... Done
    Reading task descriptions... Done 

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