reassign 440138 dpkg thanks On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 07:27:40AM +0200, hungerburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > recently it happens sometimes, that after an update dpkg stops > with the message, that the available file is corrupt. its > output looks like this: > > ---> > Extracting templates from packages: 100% > Preconfiguring packages ... > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 177036 package > `beancounter': > EOF during value of field `Description' (missing final newline) > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 177036 package > `beancounter': > EOF during value of field `Description' (missing final newline) > Press return to continue. > <--- > > I suspect aptitude to truncate the file - this is just a guess > though.
Only dpkg messes with that file, so I'll reassign this bug over there. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
