On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 11:22:31AM +0200, ccostin wrote: > Apt/dpkg/other tools can recover a corrupted package > database,rebuilding a new and correct version, without manually edit > of /var/lib/dpkg/status(old), /var/lib/dpkg/available(old) files ? > I'm probably wrong, but isn't that what apt-get -f is for? Fixing stuff? Don't do it without reading up on it though, I'm not 100% sure on it's effects and if it will do what you want.