In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Bogacki wrote: > Hi, I'm running unstable and have not been able to do a successful > 'apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing' for 2-3 weeks now. That is a big > backlog in unstable. > > The key message seems to be > >> E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > > 'apt-get update' gives me the message > >> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.pacific.net.au >> unstable/main Packages >> (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.pacific.net.au_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) >> >> - stat (2 No such file or directory) >> E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) >> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
If te package file /var/lib/dpkg/status really is messed up, not much is going to work. Do you still have a file in /var/lib/dpkg/status-old ? If so, make a copy of it in some safe place (and also of any messed-up /var/lib/dpkg/status file), and then maybe try cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status and run again. I don't know what you can do if you really don't have a status file any more. -- joostje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
