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g0tmi1k
2015-04-06, 23:55
Bug reports for packages go on the bug tracker -> https://bugs.kali.org/

cseven
2015-04-07, 03:36
This is from trying to upgrade to 1.1. I've tried the basic commands with no headway.

dpkg --configure -a
apt-get clean
apt-get autoremove
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

I'm not sure if it's somehing in /var/lib/dpkg/info or not. The dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in `' is throwing me off on what the offending package is. Any ideas?


Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg-query: error: too-long line or missing newline in `'
exim4-config.postinst: [WARN] Installed debconf version is broken. Aborting preconfigure.
supported_versions: WARNING: Unknown Debian release: Kali Linux 1.0
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in `'
dpkg-query: error: too-long line or missing newline in `'
update-kali-menu: error: dpkg-query gave error exit status 2
E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke '/usr/share/kali-menu/update-kali-menu wait_dpkg'
E: Sub-process returned an error code
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: error: too-long line or missing newline in `'


Thanks,
cseven