Re: Problem with dselect

["Ozzy Lash" <ozzy.lash@gmail.com>]

I get the same thing (different line number, but same package).
Looking at the line right above the line it complains about is a file
location that contains a space (and a pair of parentheses).  My guess
is the dpkg is getting confused by this.  I looked at
http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/b/beep-media-player (0.9.7.1+cvs20050803-1.1)/
and it exists.

Bill

On 6/26/06, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson <gudjon@mc2.chalmers.se> wrote:
> Hi
>    When I update the package list wit dselect I get the following error
> message:
> Fetched 1B in 5s (0B/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> Merging available information
> Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
> dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/cache/apt/available' near line 108494 package
> `beep-media-player':
>  too few values in file details field `Size' (compared to others)
>
> update available list script returned error exit status 2.
> Press <enter> to continue.
>
> This is only a problem in amd64. I tried to copy /var/cache/apt/available
> to  /var/lib/dpkg/available and edit it by hand. Then I had problem with some
> other packages but at last it worked. Therefore I guess it is a problem with
> dselect, not with the corresponding packages.
>    Does anyone get the same error?
>
> Thanks
> Gudjon
>
>
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