On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:36:37PM -0600, Jon Cris Wade wrote: > Well, somehow, my dpkg database, or files or something got totaly > corupted. When I go to install any package, it says > > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing tcsh_6.10-0.2_sparc.deb : > files list file for package 'gdm' contains empty filename > Errors were Encountered while processing: > tcsh_6.10-0.2_sparc.deb > Processing was haltd because there were too many errors. > > Is there any way to forceably purge all records of the gdm package out > of the dpkg database, and then re-install it via apt-get, dpkg, etc...
It looks like /var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.list is corrupted. Try removing that file and then running 'apt-get --reinstall install gdm'. Back up any special system-wide gdm configuration you had first in case this process reverts back to the Debian defaults. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
