Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.9 Followup-For: Bug #95926 I got the same error, with the corrupted file, a better error message would help a lot to track the error faster. In my case I only needed to copy the available-old over the available.
-- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux butcher.gotdns.org 2.4.20 #1 Thu Dec 19 23:18:59 CET 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.9 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
