Bug#282272: marked as done ([DPKG] inform the user how to rebuild a missing available file)
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From: Christoph Burgmer <chrislb@gmx.de>
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Subject: dpkg won't give help on missing `available' file
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.25
Severity: minor
After a system crash '/var/lib/dpkg/available' was lost.
Updating via aptitude gives the follwing output:
> dpkg: failed to open package info file /var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading:
> No such file or directory
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
> dpkg: failed to open package info file /var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading:
> No such file or directory
I then rebuilt the information with 'deselect update' after a short search
on the net.
dpkg may inform the user how to rebuilt the file if it is missing.
Regards,
Christoph Burgmer
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Subject: Re: Bug#282272: dpkg won't give help on missing `available' file
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On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 23:28 +0100, Christoph Burgmer wrote:
> > dpkg: failed to open package info file /var/lib/dpkg/available' for rea=
ding:
> > No such file or directory
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to reco=
ver:
> > dpkg: failed to open package info file /var/lib/dpkg/available' for rea=
ding:
> > No such file or directory
>=20
> I then rebuilt the information with 'deselect update' after a short searc=
h
> on the net.
>=20
This is documented in the dpkg manual page, along with other ways the
available file may be updated or restored.
It's a sufficiently bad thing to happen, that I don't think "quick
fixes" are appropriate -- in particular, "dselect update" would have bad
side effects for many people.
Scott
--=20
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist?
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