Hi Raphaël, On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 04:13:32PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Somehow it means that you have "/var/lib/dpkg/info/format" with a content > of "1" when you shouldn't have it yet (you certainly shouldn't have it > before you upgraded dpkg).
thanks, that indeed was the culprit. This is a virtual environment that has a web gui allowing to install so called "application overlays". When used they drop /var/lib/dpkg/info/format into an debian 6 system, doh. Obviously mis-configured - so: sorry for bothering you with this issue. Probably it would be wise to check for the existence of /var/lib/dpkg/info/format when it's not expected to exist and just ignore it or print a warning message. OTOH, this may not happen that often... This bug can be closed now. cheers Hans-Jürgen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
