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Re: /var/lib/dpkg/status corrupt!



On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 07:17:46AM -0700, JD Kitch wrote:
> Help!  Something happened to my /var/lib/dpkg/status file, and now
> everytime I try to do anything with apt-get or dselect I get parsing
> errors, and it just quits.  Is there any way to correct this?

It is automatically backed up to /var/backups/.  You should find several
copies of it there.  Try the most recent.  If it's a backup of a corrupt
version, try the next most recent.

noah

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