dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8797 package 'libgtk2.0-0'

[B. Lal Kumar]

Binary package hint: synaptic

package broken

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 20 16:28:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: synaptic 0.62.7ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[B. Lal Kumar (lalkumar-b)]

dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 8797 package 'libgtk2.0-0':
 `Depends' field, syntax error after reference to package `libxcursor1'

[Vallery Lancey (muscovy)]

I checked my file, and despite no errors, there seems to be a syntax error right where your error is coming from. "libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2)" looks incorrect to me.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report. Not a synaptic error, affecting to dpkg.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Alexander: that syntax is perfectly fine. In any case, your /var/lib/dpkg/available is unlikely to be identical to that of the original reporter.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

B. Lal Kumar: Please attach /var/lib/dpkg/available to this bug.

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