Bug#552517: dpkg ugly/confusing error message on corrupt .list file

2012-04-02 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 16:23:09 -0400, JP Vossen wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.15.4ubuntu2 > Severity: normal > PROBLEM: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/update-manager.list became unreadable somehow, > but the error message aptitude or dpkg emitted was confusing. > 1) it needs a leading newline an

Bug#552517: dpkg ugly/confusing error message on corrupt .list file

2009-10-26 Thread JP Vossen
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.4ubuntu2 Severity: normal I know I saw this on Ubuntu, but I'm submitting it here because I'm pretty sure the issue exists in Debian and a fix upstream seems best. See also: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=47839 dpkg: Fails to install packages if on