> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > Yes there is: > > > > [12:36:41 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/available > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2547713 Apr 25 00:46 > > /var/lib/dpkg/available > > [12:39:36 /tmp]$ od -cj 2547700 /var/lib/dpkg/available > > 11557764 c e 9 1 8 0 f a 4 2 d f \n > > 11560001 > > [12:39:42 /tmp]$ > > > > and > > dpkg -l doc-linux-text > > works too. I do not know what was changed. > > No, there is no final new line. > > debian-devel1:/# od -cj 5199880 /var/lib/dpkg/available > 23654010 r d . \n \n > > It looks like the file got truncated. Disk corruption? What apt-cache > dumpavail(called from dselect [2]) interrupted? >
I am not sure but the reason could also be a problem with a local server. At least for now, after an apt-get update from another server, it looks O.K: 1) The size of the file has grown a lot. 2) Now there is the terminating \n\n. [22:49:47 /tmp]$ od -cj 4462910 /var/lib/dpkg/available 21014476 f o r m s . \n \n 21014507 [22:52:04 /tmp]$ 3) The Description is the last field. I will watch it. Thank you for the help. -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>