On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:09:58PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > Some how all my /var/lib/dpkg/status* files have become corrupt. I have > tried using the status.yesterday.* files but most of them won't even > gunzip, or are corrupt. How can I recover from this? I searched the > archives but was not able to find a solution. Any and all help will be > appreciated.
fire up your favorite text editor and repair the damage. the status files are plain human readable text and thus are easily repaired. i would check into why you have so much data corruption though, perhaps a fsck and readonly badblocks scan is in order. > Typical errors and status file lines: > > apt-get update error message: > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Malformed 2nd word in the Status line > E: Error occured while processing metamail (UsePackage3) > E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > Section of status file from 'less -N status' > 4175 Package: offix-clipboard > 4176 e ok not-installed > 4177 Priority: optional > 4178 le > 4179 > 4180 Package: metamail > 4181 Status: install okriorityled > 4182 ok not-installed > 4183 Priority: opti: optional > 4184 Section: mail > > Failed gunzip: > % gunzip status.yesterday.5.gz > > gunzip: status.yesterday.5.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error > > > I have also had to disable the dwww daily cron job as it for some reason > is dumping ~132M of binary garbage to STDOUT which ends up in my > mailbox. Most mail handlers don't take kindly to this! > > > Thanks, > > Brian Servis > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, > because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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