> Previously Shaul Karl wrote: > > [00:44:26 /tmp]$ dpkg -l doc-linux-text > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 69953 > > package > > `ng-cjk': > > EOF during value of field `MD5sum' (missing final newline) > > Show is that line and the few lines around it please. > > Wichert. > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | > | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D | >
[22:46:04 /tmp]$ grep -A15 -B3 ng-cjk /var/lib/dpkg/available some awkwardnesses in the semantics (for instance, moving a file to a different directory will render its file handle invalid). Package: ng-cjk Priority: optional Section: editors Installed-Size: 164 Maintainer: Yasuhiro Take <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: ng Version: 1.4.3.1-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), libncurses5, ng-common Filename: pool/main/n/ng/ng-cjk_1.4.3.1-1_i386.deb Size: 73550 MD5sum: dcf8a20ce9180fa42df [22:46:18 /tmp]$ wc /var/lib/dpkg/available 69953 307766 2547713 /var/lib/dpkg/available [22:46:41 /tmp]$ It looks like the MD5sum is the last line on this file. Another thing is that dpkg -l doc-linux-text now doesn't care - do not know why. Could be that I have added a '\n' there by hand, but I am not sure. -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>