[plug] dpkg woes

[Sol]

Ryan wrote:

>
>> I upgraded recently (Woody) and then about a week later was trying to 
>> purge a package when I got the following error:
>> dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 6113:
>>    missing package version
>
>
> Never had this prob, but others have:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200112/msg01306.html 
>
>
> that says to try: dselect update or replacing /var/lib/dpkg/available 
> with /var/lib/dpkg/available-old
>
> Ryan
>
>
A thousand thanks. I didn't even think to look on the debian lists or 
google.com/linux or such. :-[  

And the solution was soooo simple.

Thanks again Ryan,

Sol