<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7652.24"> <TITLE>RE: 12-7-07 gutsy update broke</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of NoOp Sent: Fri 12/7/2007 9:53 PM To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: 12-7-07 gutsy update broke On 12/07/2007 06:50 AM, John Dangler wrote: > Got an update-notify this morning for libkpathsea4 (TeX search library > path). > > On selecting the update, got this immediately - > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct the problem. > E: _cache->open() failed, please report. > > Selecting 'Ok' here restarts the update manager. > > Jack > I suspect that you have more serious problems with your system than the TeX update given your recent posts regarding Evo et al. Were I you I'd spend some time this weekend going through your /usr/log files to see if you can find the problem(s). /usr/log doesn't exist. /var/log/mail* are all empty syslogs don't show anything to indicate an error. dmesg has no interesting clues at all. Jack </BODY> </HTML>