Bug#405506: aptitude cannot parse package file

Control: tags -1 - moreinfo + pending 2014-02-05 21:22 To 405...@bugs.debian.org: Control: tags -1 + moreinfo - unreproducible Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: retitle -1 handle corrupted pkgstate more gracefully I think that if this bug is to be kept open and fixed, this proposal from

Bug#405506: aptitude cannot parse package file

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo - unreproducible Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: retitle -1 handle corrupted pkgstate more gracefully I think that if this bug is to be kept open and fixed, this proposal from Daniel Burrows is the way to go (and the only remaining useful bit from the bug

Bug#405506: aptitude cannot parse package file

Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.4-1 Severity: grave aptitude goes dead shortly after etch installed; entire etch installation appears useless. I was unable to use aptitude to determine version number; I installed version number obtained by reading the filename aptitude_0.4.4-1_i386.deb on