Bug#1069874: E: Problem parsing Provides line of perccli:all=007.2616.0000.0000
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 08:30:42AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > If I put Dell's current debian package for perccli into my local > reprepro, then "apt update" complains Oh boy, that is some heavy package… and that not only because it claims to be 7GB large… I think the producer of that package meant 7 MB, but didn't realize that Installed-Size is in KiB, not Bytes. Anyway, this control file is not produced by dpkg-gencontrol; that wouldn't include bogus empty lines, too. Maybe you can get them to fix their package and in that process also clean it up… if they insist on producing it by hand. > E: Problem parsing Provides line of perccli:all=007.2616.. > E: Error occurred while processing perccli (NewVersion2) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.ac.aixigo.de_debian_dists_bookworm-experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Seems like this was simple enough to "fix" in libapt code… https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/c98bcdf00e5366fec101dd17094d36be21872a02 I would still advice to fix the package as this is somewhat unlikely to reach users 'soon' (with trixie of course, but I doubt that gets backports into oblivion). Best regards David Kalnischkies signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1069874: E: Problem parsing Provides line of perccli:all=007.2616.0000.0000
Package: apt Version: 2.6.1 If I put Dell's current debian package for perccli into my local reprepro, then "apt update" complains E: Problem parsing Provides line of perccli:all=007.2616.. E: Error occurred while processing perccli (NewVersion2) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.ac.aixigo.de_debian_dists_bookworm-experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I get the same problem from "apt-cache search perccli". reprepro seemed to be happy with the package. AFAICT the problem is an empty "Provides" line. Looking through all the current Packages files in /var/lib/apt/lists perccli is unique in this case. control file is attached. Unfortunately Dell's package can be downloaded via service tag only. Hopefully the control file is sufficient. Please mail if I can help. Regards HarriPackage: perccli Version: 007.2616.. Section: perccli Priority: optional Architecture: all Essential: no Depends: bash Pre-Depends: Recommends: Suggests: Installed-Size: 700 Maintainer: OS-Utils Conflicts: Replaces: Provides: Description: Storage Command Line Tool, manages storage controllers.
