[Fink-devel] /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status damaged?
Now it seems the /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status is damaged. How do I recover it? dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/openssl097- dev_0.9.7b-1_darwin-powerpc.deb dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1807 package `openssl097-dev': missing version ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
Re: [Fink-devel] /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status damaged?
This happens occasionally--I've never heard a good explanation for it, though. You may be able to fix this if /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old is available, and not also damaged: sudo cp /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:42, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: Now it seems the /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status is damaged. How do I recover it? dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/openssl097- dev_0.9.7b-1_darwin-powerpc.deb dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1807 package `openssl097-dev': missing version ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
Re: [Fink-devel] /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status damaged?
On Wednesday, Oct 1, 2003, at 17:42 Europe/Brussels, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: Now it seems the /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status is damaged. How do I recover it? dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/openssl097- dev_0.9.7b-1_darwin-powerpc.deb dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1807 package `openssl097-dev': missing version ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 When this happens, status-old is in general not damaged, so the first fix to try is a) diff status status-old to be sure for what other packages they differ, besides openssl097-dev b) cp -p status status-svd (to be sure) ; cp -p status-old status c) use iteratively (at least once each, since the corresponding file-lists are often also corrupted in that case) fink reinstall and fink purge on each of the suspicious packages to bring them to their desired state. d) If in the above you discover that status-old was also damaged _ there is only one remedy : to edit it... JF Mertens --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
