On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:10:10AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Manish> Problem 2:
Manish> Distro: Debian Potato
Manish> dselect fails with - "/var/lib/dpkg/available entry invalid in this context
Manish> Status: line 2: package: telnet".
        
        This happens when dpkg can not locate the package you are
        trying to install.

        either that part of cd is bad or the /etc/apt/sources.list
        has an unreachable entry for "telnet" application.
        
Manish> Is there a way one can retrieve/rebuild the "available" file.
        
        yes, you can add the cds again by apt-cdrom.
        
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The compound itself is not a menace to society until
a human being treats it as if consumption bestowed 
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