Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 02:52:53PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:09:56PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 ha

Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:09:56PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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? > >

Re: 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

Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 08:04:43AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:45:29AM -0500, [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? > > I doubt it. you may

jfs trouble? Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 05:20:55PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 10:45 -0500, [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 >

Re: 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

Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 10:45 -0500, [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 happene

Re: unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:45:29AM -0500, [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? I doubt it. you may have to use apt-get to install a fix but you shouldn't have to reinstall. > >

unable to parse package file; aptitude effectively dead.

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
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 installed the same day from a previous-day n