RE: dpkg error: I am unable to fix this
On 05-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote:
> dpkg is giving me an error which I am unable to fix. Is this a bug?
>
> lilypad:/home/pollywog#dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0012' near line 1:
> newline in field name `#padding'
I figured it out. The configuration script tries to start bind without
stopping it first, and that messes everything up. I stopped bind and then ran
the script and all went well. The dpkg error has gone away.
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Andrew
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