On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, hrdluk wrote: > Im having a problem with the installation of debian. This is my first > install of debian, though I have installed/used slackware for a little > while. I have gotten through everything with no problems untill I hit > deselect. I believe I managed to get many of the packages installed by > running the install about four or five times to get rid of some of the > conflicts, but then I hit a wall. the error message reads as > > dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0020' near line 1: > newline in field name `#padding' > > checking the file I see it is made up of a bunch of #padding
I have heard of this once before, AFAIK it's a bit of a nasty dpkg bug - it fills the file with #padding but is not prepared to parse it. You can erase that single file and you should be okay - there should be only one file full of #padding. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
