Re: Bug#134062: severe problems with apt-get, apt-cache
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:
> I have discovered a work-round for today: If I delete one line from
> the final description in the Packages file, apt-get and apt-cache
> work without a problem. The description section is 14 lines long
> before deleting the final line, so this is a very odd one. I can't
> say whether the same is true of the Packages file I sent in the
> original bug report.
Sounds like your cache files were corrupted by something, there has
recently been a spade of XFS related reports just like this. rm
/var/cache/apt/*.bin
Jason
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