Hi, On Sun, 03 Apr 2011, Craig Sanders wrote: > 1. it segfaulted! (fortunately, /var/lib/dpkg/status wasn't corrupted) > > 2. it claimed it was installing a package called 'x)' which does > not exist. probably related to #1 above (buffer overrun or similar, > perhaps?) > > (in case those 8-bit chars get mangled by an MTA, that's '788C 9729' > in hex)
Both problems are related. And I just pushed a fix for this. > 3. version numbers which have been valid for years are now being > complained about as if they are invalid. That's not a mistake. Version numbers are supposed to start with a digit. dpkg still accepts them for installed packages but forbids them in .deb. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
