[Fink-beginners] weird error

[James Kelly]

anyone ever see this:

jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@Xmac-->sudo apt-get update
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/release/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/release/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/release/crypto Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/crypto Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Unable to parse package file /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


now when I check the file, it is there:

jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@Xmac-->ls -la /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 194910 Dec 18 03:25 /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status

so far I cannot succesfully do sudo apt-get update, and when I try sudo apt-get dist.upgrade I get
same error:

jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@Xmac-->ls -la /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 194910 Dec 18 03:25 /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status

I mean why can't dpkg read this file?

jim kelly



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