On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:36:45 +0000, Waqqas Dadabhoy wrote: > I played around with Zimbra a while ago, but have removed it now. I get > the following error whenever I use apt-get: > > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8727 package > 'zimbra-ldap': > error in Version string '6.0.8_GA_2661.DEBIAN5_64': invalid character > in version number > > Since I won't be using Zimbra again, I am considering removing the > Zimbra-related lines from /var/lib/dpkg/available. To me the > hand-editing seems crude, is there a 'more clean' or 'recommended' way > to get rid of the error?
"man dpkg" seems to point to "--clear-avail" as a mechanism to remove available packages (big disclaimer: better wait until someone in the know confirms this point) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.25.15.03...@gmail.com
