Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-28 Thread Peter Parkes
Thanks for your help, guys, but I think that I have fixed things. I seem to have got things working by using the backup.1 as the status file. I know that this might leave my system thinking that things are installed when they are not (and vise-versa) but I figure that I can work through the diff an

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
> it happened a few times to me too. i was usually able to solve it by > editing /var/lib/dpkg/status (yes i know it can be dangerous). is > there any line number specified for the error? you can try posting the > relevant section of the file. > > hope it helps. > > pietro. Pietro, assuming that

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:59, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > Peter Parkes wrote: > > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now > > having problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable > > to parse status file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). > > it happened a few times to me

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Peter Parkes wrote: > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now > having problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable > to parse status file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). it happened a few times to me too. i was usually able to solve it by editing /var/lib/dpkg/s

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
> > Perhaps a diff between /var/lib/dpkg/status and one of > /var/backups/dpkg.status* would help you here. At least it should reveal > the last few changes to /var/lib/dpkg/status. > > HTH Hmmm...diff between /var/lib/dpkg/status (april 25, when the error occoured) and backups/dpkg.status.0 (apr

Re: apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:30:45PM +1000, Peter Parkes wrote: > After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now having > problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable to parse status > file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). Ouch. > I am wondering if anyone has a suggestio

apt/dpkg problem

2002-04-27 Thread Peter Parkes
After running KPackage yesterday (I just wanted a look), I am now having problems with dpkg and apt. I am getting an error; Unable to parse status file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1). I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion from having a similar problem (yes I do know it could probably be all sorts