Re: Cruft in /var/lib/dpkg/status
On Sun 16 Oct 2011 at 14:11:59 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2011-10-16 13:50 +0200, Brian wrote:
>
> > 'dpkg --clear-avail' followed by 'apt-get update'.
>
> This will not help since the problem is in the status file, not in the
> available file. It is necessary to purge or reinstall the packages. If
> the former is not desired and the latter is not possible because they
> are no longer available, dpkg-repack could help.
As I realised half a minute after sending it! Would 'dpkg --purge' be of
any use?
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