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Re: [tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)



songbird composed on 2025-09-01 11:40 (UTC-0400):

> Felix Miata wrote:
> ...
>> How should or could I have fixed this using the package management system?

>   download via snapshot a copy of that package file and then use
> reinstall.

You mean the following (that you snipped)?:
[quote]
apt-get reinstall libgtk2.0-0 failed in same manner.
[/quote]
Apt-get getting the package isn't/wasn't the problem. The bad list file just kills
any attempt to unpack anything.
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