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Re: editing /var/lib/dpkg/available



On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:44 +0000, Waqqas Dadabhoy wrote:
> SOLVED: I edited the available file manually, then used "dpkg
> --update-avail /var/lib/dpkg/available".

No problem, but why did you edit it? My point was that it does not make
sense to edit that file manually, becauseit is *very* easy to recreate
it either from backups or with the commands I told you.

Be that as it may, good that you solved your problem.
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