/etc/cron.weekly/man-db:
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 7270 package 'virtualbox':
error in Version string '1.6.6-35336_Debian_lenny': invalid character
in revision number

I have tried removing the available file in the hope that it would be
regenerated. Virtualbox was added via a sources line to Sun's
virtualbox repository. I no longer have that enabled and it isn't
installed.

How do I remove this error in my daily email?

Adrian


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On Wed 29 Jun 2011 at 15:23:11 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:

> /etc/cron.weekly/man-db:
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 7270 package 'virtualbox':
> error in Version string '1.6.6-35336_Debian_lenny': invalid character
> in revision number
>
> I have tried removing the available file in the hope that it would be
> regenerated. Virtualbox was added via a sources line to Sun's
> virtualbox repository. I no longer have that enabled and it isn't
> installed.

'apt-get update' regenerates it. 'dpkg --clear-avail' would have cleared
it.


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> On Wed 29 Jun 2011 at 15:23:11 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:

> 'apt-get update' regenerates it. 'dpkg --clear-avail' would have cleared
> it.

I'm pretty sure I tried removing the file and did an update, That was
the first thing I thought of but for whatever reason it didn't work as
expected.
'dpkg --clear-avail' seems to have done the trick, thanks.

Adrian

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<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.


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