[Aptitude-devel] Bug#701946: aptitude: Internal error: no filename for <package>:amd64 after a failed install

[Daniel Dickinson]

On 28/02/13 09:59 PM, Daniel Hartwig wrote:
> On 1 March 2013 10:49, Daniel Dickinson <debian at cshore.neomailbox.net> wrote:
>> Package: aptitude
>> Version: 0.6.8.2-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> If an install fails, subsequent attempts to install the package get
>> the red Internal Error dialog with 'no filename for <package>:amd64'
>> after a failed install
> 
> Hi
> 
> You get this for any package that fails to install?
> 
> Please give a concrete example, i.e. package name–version, source, and
> exactly the error message when the installation fails.
> 

This happens with any of the packages I have tried to reinstall. For
example, if ccrypt is already installed, the emacs23 amd64 23.4+1-4 will
fail to install.  If you subsequently attempt a reinstall you will see
"E:  Internal error, No file name for emacs23:amd64".

Regards,

Daniel

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