Bug#405506: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 11:49:39AM -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > While I'm waiting for someone to *fix* bug 405506, does anyone have an > > idea how to recover from it? Is a reinstall in order? > > > > Yesterday aptitude reported > > Una

Bug#405506: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 11:49:39AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > While I'm waiting for someone to *fix* bug 405506, does anyone have an > > idea how to recover from it? Is a reinstall in order? > > > > Yesterday aptitude reported > > Unable to parse package file /var/l

Bug#405506: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While I'm waiting for someone to *fix* bug 405506, does anyone have an > idea how to recover from it? Is a reinstall in order? > > Yesterday aptitude reported > Unable to parse package file /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates > This happened on an etch that was just installe