Re: dpkg files list errors

2002-01-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 05:18:10PM -0800, ben wrote: > On Thursday 03 January 2002 05:02 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 04:36:05PM -0800, ben wrote: > > > where does dpkg read its files lists from? i'm getting empty files list > > > errors when i attempt to use dpkg in almost a

Re: dpkg files list errors

2002-01-03 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 January 2002 05:02 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 04:36:05PM -0800, ben wrote: > > where does dpkg read its files lists from? i'm getting empty files list > > errors when i attempt to use dpkg in almost any form, specifically for > > files that are installed and fu

Re: dpkg files list errors

2002-01-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 04:36:05PM -0800, ben wrote: > where does dpkg read its files lists from? i'm getting empty files list > errors when i attempt to use dpkg in almost any form, specifically for files > that are installed and functional. Sounds like /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list is corrupted. -

dpkg files list errors

2002-01-03 Thread ben
where does dpkg read its files lists from? i'm getting empty files list errors when i attempt to use dpkg in almost any form, specifically for files that are installed and functional.