Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Vogt
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 06:31:36PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 12:04:48AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > > --- apt-pkg/tagfile.h 2006-09-30 20:50:41 + > > +++ apt-pkg/tagfile.h 2006-09-30 21:35:25 + > > @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ > > unsigned long Size

Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-10-01 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 12:04:48AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > --- apt-pkg/tagfile.h 2006-09-30 20:50:41 + > +++ apt-pkg/tagfile.h 2006-09-30 21:35:25 + > @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ > unsigned long Size; > > bool Fill(); > + bool Resize(); This would (unnecessarily) change the ABI o

Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-09-30 Thread Michael Vogt
[..] On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:49:22AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > #_> aptitude -u > ... upgrade ... > #_> aptitude -vvv upgrade > Reading package lists... Error! > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. >

Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-09-30 Thread Michael Vogt
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:49:22AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.46 > Severity: grave Thanks for your bugreport. > #_> aptitude -u > ... upgrade ... > #_> aptitude -vvv upgrade > Reading package lists... Error! > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/statu

Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-09-28 Thread Mark Hedges
Package: apt Followup-For: Bug #388708 I also encountered this problem and thank you Manoj for explaining how to fix it. I was totally lost. Because apt didn't work, users have to download the deb of 0.6.45 directly from the repository and install it with dpkg. It's a gnarly fix. Seems like

Bug#388708: apt: Upgrading to this version makes status file unparseable

2006-09-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Package: apt Version: 0.6.46 Severity: grave #_> aptitude -u ... upgrade ... #_> aptitude -vvv upgrade Reading package lists... Error! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Reading package lists... Error! E: Una