Bug#95926: dpkg: Same Problem, with a corrupted /var/lib/dpkg/available file

[Patrick Ruckstuhl <rucpat@solnet.ch>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.9
Followup-For: Bug #95926

I got the same error, with the corrupted file, a better error message
would help a lot to track the error faster. In my case I only needed to
copy the available-old over the available.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux butcher.gotdns.org 2.4.20 #1 Thu Dec 19 23:18:59 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                       1.10.9     a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                         2.3.1-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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