On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 05:18:10PM -0800, ben wrote: > On Thursday 03 January 2002 05:02 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 04:36:05PM -0800, ben wrote: > > > where does dpkg read its files lists from? i'm getting empty files list > > > errors when i attempt to use dpkg in almost any form, specifically for > > > files that are installed and functional. > > > > Sounds like /var/lib/dpkg/info/<something>.list is corrupted. > > is there any way i can reconstruct the particular files mentioned in the > errors?
Somebody might disagree with me here, but I think the safest way is probably to remove /var/lib/dpkg/info/<foo>.list and reinstall <foo>. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
