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Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status



On 06/16/11 at 07:59pm, David Baron wrote:
> This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with knoppix-3. 
> Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not 
> effect anything.
> 
> Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft?

Yes, but it's quite tedious ime. Do you have a valid /var/lib/dpkg/status-old ?
It could save you some headaches.

-- 
Liam

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