Re: dpkg files list errors
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 any form, specifically for
> > > files that are installed and functional.
> >
> > Sounds like /var/lib/dpkg/info/<something>.list is corrupted.
>
> is there any way i can reconstruct the particular files mentioned in the
> errors?
Somebody might disagree with me here, but I think the safest way is
probably to remove /var/lib/dpkg/info/<foo>.list and reinstall <foo>.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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