Re: Can not purge b/c of error in /var/lib/dpkg/available

[Adam Stewart Edgar <adam.edgar@ua.edu>]

Thanks that worked. So how do I file a bug report?

Adam S Edgar

On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 14:54, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 02:38:14PM -0600, Adam Stewart Edgar <adam.edgar@ua.edu> was heard to say:
> > when I try to purge some installs I get an error from dpkg that is
> > attached and it corresponds to libstdc++2.10.  btw Im running unstable
> 
>    Welcome to unstable.
> 
>   The available database is corrupted.  You could try replacing
> /var/lib/dpkg/available with /var/lib/dpkg/available-old.
> 
>   (I think "dselect update" should recreate the available database
>    from scratch)
> 
>   (also, if you have an up-to-date dpkg, you might want to save the
>    available database as evidence and file a bug against dpkg..)
> 
>   Daniel
> 
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