Hi, On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Using a foreign repository my /var/lib/dpkg/available got corrupted. > The workaround was easy: > > echo -n "" >/var/lib/dpkg/available > > At the next upgrade time there was no visible slowdown, so I wonder > what is this file good for?
It's mainly useful for dselect but dpkg still parses it although it doesn't use it in any important way. There's a bug open about that already. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer ◈ [Flattr=20693] 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] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100801065125.ga27...@rivendell
