Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.17 Severity: normal Just installed new tetex packages, and got this error just before after the unpack phase:
Unpacking replacement tetex-bin ... Preparing to replace tetex-doc 1.0.2+20000804-9 (using .../tetex-doc_1.0.2+20011202-3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tetex-doc ... Preparing to replace tetex-extra 1.0.2+20000804-9 (using .../tetex-extra_1.0.2+20011202-3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /var/spool/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Done. dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 9611 package `tetex-extra': empty file details field `MD5sum' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) I fixed the problem by totally deleting the offending MD5sum line, which appeared to be of the form: MD5sum: \n (I.e. a single space before the newline). Until the problem was fixed, dpkg was unrunnable (bombed out when trying to read the available file). I have kept the broken available file if anyone wants it. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux pear 2.4.0 #4 Thu Mar 8 12:57:53 GMT 2001 i686 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
