On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:51:33 -0800 ben <benfoley@rcn.com> wrote: > is there any way i can get /var/lib/dpkg/status to re-write itself? > i'm getting a parse error on a line number where i don't see any > noticable errors, which is preventing the use of dpkg. Oh, right, I forgot to say - check /var/lib/dpkg/status-old and /var/backups/dpkg.status.* ; if there's a version there that's not too old, you can always use that :) You'll have to re-install any packages since when that status file was made(as well as removing, purging, etc., etc.), but it's better than nothing ;) -- .--=====-=-=====-=========----------=====-----------=-=-----=. / David Barclay Harris Aut agere, aut mori. \ \ Clan Barclay Either action, or death. / `-------======-------------=-=-----=-===-=====-------=--=----'
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