Der täglich ausgeführte Cron-Job /etc/cron.daily/man-db meldete seit dem Upgrade auf die neueste Debian-Version folgende Probleme:
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 22552 package 'am-utils': 'Replaces' field, reference to 'amd': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 22555 package 'am-utils': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'amd': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 52773 package 'root-tail': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'rt': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 65726 package 'wmnetselect': 'Suggests' field, reference to 'mozilla': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 69143 package 'e3': error in Version string 'e3-2.30-1': version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 75804 package 'tac-plus': error in Version string 'F4.0.4.alpha-9.1': version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 125732 package 'epic4-script-thirdeye': 'Depends' field, reference to 'epic4': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 149557 package 'cnews': error in Version string 'cr.g7-31': version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 152423 package 'kernel-image-2.4.25': error in Version string 'mad.8': version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 168065 package 'mkcdrec': error in Version string 'v0.8.0-2': version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 189590 package 'request-tracker1': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'rt': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 201432 package 'epic4': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'epic4-help': error in version: version number does not start with digit
Nachdem ich mir die Datei /var/lib/dpkg/available angeschaut hatte, kam ich zum Schluss, dass ich lieber die Finger von dieser Auflistung lasse (ich überlegte mir kurz, die Versionsangaben der betreffenden Pakete manuell anzupassen).
Die Überprüfung auf das Vorhandensein all dieser Pakete förderte nichts zu Tage:
$ dpkg --list | grep am-utils $ dpkg --list | grep root-tail $ dpkg --list | grep wmnet $
Komisch! Stattdessen fand ich nach ein wenig Googlen das Patentrezept gegen solche Probleme:
# dpkg --clear-avail # apt-get update
