On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 01:51:24PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I'm getting the following error when attempting to use dpkg: > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 65755 > package `doc-linux-html': > empty file details field `MD5sum' > > Is anyone seeing similar? Bug against dpkg or doc-linux-html?
Search back through the debian-user archives for a post from me on 18 October with the subject line "UNSTABLE USERS: dpkg, doc-linux-html, and MD5sum fields". > And...is there a workaround? There are several alternatives. 'dselect update' is the easiest. There'll be a dpkg upload this week to fix it properly. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
