>> >> my version of dpkg is: >> 1.4.0.23.2 > >Hmmm... same version as me. > >I wonder if your status file is fubarred. >Can you read it? "less /var/lib/dpkg/status" > >You should have a backup copy of it at /var/lib/dpkg/status-old >that can be used to replace status if it is corrupted. > >Also, make sure you don't have a hung process accessing it somewhere. >"ps auwx |grep dpkg" > >-Mitch > first of all, ps auwx |grep dpkg says: root 189 0.0 1.1 856 352 1 s 14:59 0:00 grep dpkg
I replaced status with status-old and got the same results. Is it possible my libc6 is buggered? rod.
