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Re: dpkg error



On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Shane Wegner wrote: 


> Updating package file cache...
> E: Line 3 in package file
> /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
> is too long.(2)
> 
> update available list script returned error exit status 100.
> Press RETURN to continue.
> 
> Has anyone had this and if so, is there a fix?

Ah, the infamus glibc 2.1 breaks C++ programs. You can grab APT 0.3.0 from 
http://www.debian.org/~jgg and change all those nasty 'ftp' urls to nice
'http' ones.

Or you can compile APT your self on a glibc 2.1 system, I'm told that
fixes it.

Jason


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