On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:30:45PM +1000, Peter Parkes wrote: > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now having > problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable to parse status > file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). Ouch. > I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion from having a similar problem (yes I > do know it could probably be all sorts of things) or if someone could tell me > a bit about what this file should actually look like (permissions, content, > etc) or some thoughts on why dpkg cannot parse it. Perhaps a diff between /var/lib/dpkg/status and one of /var/backups/dpkg.status* would help you here. At least it should reveal the last few changes to /var/lib/dpkg/status. HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Every little picofarad has a nanohenry all its own. -- Don Vonada
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