Re: dselect and dpkg parse error in the status file

2000-07-31 Thread Edward C. Lang
> "DD" == Dimitris Dracopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DD> Hi, DD> I am not able to run dselect and dpkg any more (I think this DD> happened after a crash). DD> Dselect starts but does not let me select any files and exits DD> (same problem with dpkg -i), both giving

dselect and dpkg parse error in the status file

2000-07-31 Thread Dimitris Dracopoulos
Hi, I am not able to run dselect and dpkg any more (I think this happened after a crash). Dselect starts but does not let me select any files and exits (same problem with dpkg -i), both giving the following error message: dpkg: parse error, in file /var/lib/dpkg/status near line 22784 package