Bug#194601: apt: available file corrupted on update
On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 06:28:47PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-24
It would help to supply the apt version number. Is this 0.5.5.1?
> Severity: grave
> Tags: sid
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> When using dselect to update the packages list, the "available" file
> gets corrupted somehow. Removing the Packages files and available file
> to force them to be downloaded and regenerated from scratch does not
> help this. apt-get update doesn't generate an "available" file at all.
The "available" file is created by the apt dselect method using "apt-cache
dumpavail". Do you find something wrong in the output of this command when
you run it manually? Is the available file already corrupt before dselect
or dpkg tries to read it?
Try rm -f /var/cache/apt/*.bin and [U]pdate.
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- mdz
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