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 P
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
Hi all,
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 fi
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