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On Saturday 12 January 2002 08:06 am, Chris wrote: > Hi all, > > Today I came across a weird thing: dpkg and apt are not working > anymore. > Only two days ago I have been installing some packages and I did not > notice anything strange then -all went well. > > Today, on doing an apt-get update I got the error that it couldn't read > the package list: > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (19 No such device) > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > In the /var/lib/dpkg directory it shows some weirdness: > > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Jan 9 22:11 . > drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 1024 Dec 26 13:31 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 5 21:24 alternatives > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6319846 Jan 9 22:11 available > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6319846 Jan 9 22:11 available-old > -rw-r--r-x 1 root root 8 Nov 4 19:53 cmethopt > c--xrw---- 29811 1634428001 1701276020 88, 82 Aug 15 2027 > diversions > ?r----x-wT 25978 980640613 1814063443 1852795252 Aug 15 2027 > diversions-old > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 78848 Jan 9 22:11 info > -rw-r----x 1 root root 0 Jan 12 12:59 lock > -rw-r----x 1 root root 0 Jan 12 12:58 methlock > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Oct 4 2000 methods > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 Dec 9 17:44 statoverride > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66 Dec 9 17:44 statoverride-old > c--xr--r-x 11890 1886347632 1769235828 115, 100 Jul 26 2010 status > br-xr-sr-- 29793 1819895149 174417001 115, 101 Sep 17 2028 status-old > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 9 22:11 updates > > I have no clue how to solve this. I can do a 'touch -m' to correct the > timestamp(just tried om status-old) but the ownership and file permissions > I cannot change -no permission. These numbers do not appear my /etc/passwd > or /etc/group file. > > I am running woody with a 2.4.16 kernel (my first home-made). > > Please advice, > > thanks > Chris - -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | | | ! "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary..." | ! Dr. Dean Edell ! +------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8QEuojTz5dS9Us5wRAmkHAJ4+44aAhpP+lstXpKUOBDp68sPmmwCfQmn9 fW9AwlfoVNxjPL9DwI5MvcI= =73KE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
