On Sun 16 Oct 2011 at 14:11:59 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-10-16 13:50 +0200, Brian wrote: > > > 'dpkg --clear-avail' followed by 'apt-get update'. > > This will not help since the problem is in the status file, not in the > available file. It is necessary to purge or reinstall the packages. If > the former is not desired and the latter is not possible because they > are no longer available, dpkg-repack could help.
As I realised half a minute after sending it! Would 'dpkg --purge' be of any use? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111016121648.GA2913@desktop