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Re: [PLUG] Error in installing spamassasiin, debian testing
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Copy one off a knoppix CD maybe? Hopefully you didn't delete your
original one. You could maybe find someone with a working available
file and copy-and-paste the offending entry over your broken one.
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Mike Leone wrote:
> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:20:43 -0500
> From: Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>
> To: PLUG ML <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Error in installing spamassasiin, debian testing
>
> Stephen Gran (steve@lobefin.net) had this to say on 02/14/05 at 13:16:
>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 01:10:05PM -0500, Mike Leone said:
>>> So I'm thinking that this file is corrupt. Can I just delete it; re-run
>>> "aptitude update" (I prefer aptitude to apt-get); let it rebuild the file;
>>> and then I can go on and install my sa update? I can't run a dpkg -l, or
>>> anything.
>>
>> It is corrupted.
>>
>> cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available should fix it. I
>> guess double check the -old first, but the idea is to give you a back
>> up. Re run an update to refresh and you should be in business.
>
> Almost. I did copy the -old over the current one, and re-ran an update. Now
> it says ...
>
> root@handyman:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg -l spamassassin
> dpkg-query: parse error, in file /var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 227113
> package oshell':
> epends' field, syntax error after reference to package ibs'
>
> What next?
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