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Re: apt packages available



On Wed 29 Jun 2011 at 15:23:11 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:

> /etc/cron.weekly/man-db:
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 7270 package 'virtualbox':
>  error in Version string '1.6.6-35336_Debian_lenny': invalid character
> in revision number
> 
> I have tried removing the available file in the hope that it would be
> regenerated. Virtualbox was added via a sources line to Sun's
> virtualbox repository. I no longer have that enabled and it isn't
> installed.

'apt-get update' regenerates it. 'dpkg --clear-avail' would have cleared
it.


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