At 8:00 pm, Monday, October 28 2002, Anthony Lucre mumbled: > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libvncauth0_3.3.3r2-21_i386.deb (--unpack): > files list file for package `hotplug' is missing final newline > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libvncauth0_3.3.3r2-21_i386.deb > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > the error is clear on what is wrong however i'm not sure what file i > have to edit to fix this problem. >
Indeed. The file you need to fix is /var/lib/dpkg/available. -- Steve <Overfiend> StevenK: Colin and I make a good team. I still owe him a bouquet <Overfiend> the sexy shock of red hair. The high forehead. The soft Irish accent. The pasty white legs. /me swoons <Overfiend> Kamion is just lucky Amaya was there at DebConf to absorb all of my sexual lust ;-) <Overfiend> er, well, there was also the wife -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug