Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
On 4/14/06, Robert T Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 12823:
invalid package name (character `' not allowed - only letters, digits
and -+._ allowed)
Run a diff and see how far out of date /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old is.
You might be able just to use that.
Or since it's just a buildlock package, you might try removing all of
the lines that refer to the broken package manually.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
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Thanks Alexander! This worked:
bash-3.00$ sudo mv /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status.away
bash-3.00$ sudo mv /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status
bash-3.00$ fink selfupdate
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