Re: Problem with dselect
Gudjon I. Gudjonsson 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?
I confirm, I currently have the same problem and I can't get rid of it.
If you do find a workaround, tell me.
Regards
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