That was part of the answer, thanks. dpkg --update-avail did not work, but I found an old copy of /var/lib/dpkg/available, /var/lib/dpkg/available-old which I renamed as "available" and then ran dselect update, and that's it.
Thanks Bob, Regards, -- J.F. On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 21:16 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jean-Francois Gratton wrote: > > Electric power went down while I was apt-getting dist-upgrade. Of course > > *the* filesystem that got to be trashed was /var ... > > > > Right now I got a parse error in /var/lib/dpkg/available.. > > > > Don't throw stones at me, I compounded the problem by deleting the file > > (yeah I know.. not bright. I figured that I'd get recreated at the next > > apt-get update).. > > > > So now I'm stuck with a system that won't upgrade itself.. > > > > Any way to get out of this ? I'm running the unstable branch. > > Try: > > dpkg --update-avail > > But not sure that will fix your problem. > > Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
