My problem was that /var/lib/dpkg/available had been corrupted. Not sure how. You can see one aspect of the problem here:
/etc/cron.daily/dlocate: dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 197755 package `libstdc++2.10': newline in field name `� �' Anyway, dpkg would fail every time it tried to parse through the file and so, from the symptoms, I thought dpkg itself was broken. Instead it was just the file. I corrected by manually removing the file and then using dselect to rebuild. Heitzso ======================================================= On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 21:55, Heitzso wrote: > I run debian unstable i386 and yesterday ran apt-get > update/upgrade. After which dpkg breaks and cannot > install anything that is downloaded. > > ==> I have not been able to run dpkg to install an > older, working version of dpkg, of course, because > dpkg is broken. > > That means that, if you hit whatever bad version > of dpkg I hit (or ?? package that's snarling dpkg) > you are at least mildly hosed. (i.e. cupsys is > also currently broken and I cannot install cupsys > from testing to get my printer working, or switch > over to another printing system, because those > packages have to be installed with dpkg, etc.) > > Any clues re how to untangle this would be most > graciously appreciated. > > Otherwise -- if you haven't upgraded w/ apt-get > in awhile and you run unstable I suggest _NOT_ > until others more knowledgeable than I either point > out the errors of my way or give an "ALL CLEAR" > sign. > > Heitzso > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
