dpkg: error while apt-get upgrade

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 08:18 +0000, dave selby wrote:
>> I was about to do an upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10, I did an update and it
>> failed. I dropped to the command line and this is what I am getting.
>> 
>> 
>> dave at main-system:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
> 
> Sorry for being blunt, but are doing it all wrong. 

No he's not.  He said he was doing this _prior_ to upgrading to 8.10.  It
seems smart to me to make sure apt is in a fully consistent state first. 
That said, I can't see what the error is that he's encountering.

-- 
derek