Package: apt Version: 0.5.27 Severity: normal APT should probably be a little more robust... root@cirrus:/# file /etc/apt/preferences /etc/apt/preferences: ERROR: cannot open (/etc/apt/preferences) root@cirrus:/# apt-get install gawk Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: [...] root@cirrus:/# echo > /etc/apt/preferences root@cirrus:/# apt-get install strace Reading Package Lists... Done E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-cirrus Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0-0pre0 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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