Your message dated Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:00:29 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#596564: [dpkg] complains about invalid characters
regarding VirtualBox installation
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regarding [dpkg] complains about invalid characters regarding VirtualBox
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.15.8.4
Severity: minor
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Last dpkg upgrade makes it issues several messages like these regarding
previous VirtualBox installations everytime it is invoked:
atención, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 55762 package
'virtualbox-3.0':
error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Debian_lenny': invalid character in
revision number
atención, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 57649 package
'virtualbox-2.2':
error in Version string '2.2.4-47978_Debian_lenny': invalid character in
revision number
Regards
Antonio
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
600 testing www.debian-multimedia.org
600 testing security.debian.org
600 testing ftp.es.debian.org
550 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
550 unstable ftp.es.debian.org
500 stable dl.google.com
--- Package information. ---
Package's Depends field is empty.
Package's Recommends field is empty.
Suggests (Version) | Installed
=======================-+-===========
apt | 0.8.0
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2010, Antonio Marcos López Alonso wrote:
> Last dpkg upgrade makes it issues several messages like these regarding
> previous VirtualBox installations everytime it is invoked:
>
> atención, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 55762 package
> 'virtualbox-3.0':
> error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Debian_lenny': invalid character in
> revision number
> atención, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 57649 package
> 'virtualbox-2.2':
> error in Version string '2.2.4-47978_Debian_lenny': invalid character in
> revision number
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Call "dpkg --clear-avail" to get rid of
them. They are due to an old virtualbox version that was not policy
compliant.
Cheers,
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