Re: doc-linux-html: missing MDsum field in /var/lib/dpkg/available

["Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:51:24 -0700, "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I'm getting the following error when attempting to use dpkg:
> 
>     dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 65755
>     package `doc-linux-html':
>      empty file details field `MD5sum'
> 
> Is anyone seeing similar?  Bug against dpkg or doc-linux-html?
> 
> And...is there a workaround?

$ md5sum /var/cache/apt/doc-linux-html*.deb

Edit /var/lib/dpkg/available.

Alternatively, it was reported that deleting the MD5sum field for the 
package works as well.

There's a bug filed, and was a lame message/excuse about how the bug
was really caused by a buffer overflow in dpkg (geez, maybe fix that?).
Something to do with how doc-linux-html is sooooo big compared to other
packages... (I dunno...).

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>