hi have been getting following errors when tryign to upgrade my Debian sid box:
dpkg-query: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 29666 package 'virtualbox-2.1': error in Version string `2.1.4-42893_Debian_lenny': invalid character in revision number exim4-config.postinst: [WARN] Installed debconf version is broken. Aborting preconfigure. dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 29666 package 'virtualbox-2.1': error in Version string `2.1.4-42893_Debian_lenny': invalid character in revision number E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 29666 package 'virtualbox-2.1': error in Version string `2.1.4-42893_Debian_lenny': invalid character in revision number Results in inability to upgrade any packages on the system. Anyone come across this and know how to fix? or is a system re-install needed? kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
