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Re: problem upgrading packages



On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:14:56PM -0300, Miguel Griffa wrote:
> When I try to upgrade or install (my woody box) I get
> 
> files list file for package `tcl8.2' is missing final newline
> 
> I tried deleting the file manually, also apt-get clean
> but the error seems to be on the .deb downloaded

The "files list file" isn't in the .deb; it's in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tcl8.2.list. That file's probably been corrupted, so
try editing it and adding the final newline.

(Once you have this fixed, you should probably reinstall tcl8.2 to make
sure it ends up in a sane state.)

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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