Package: dpkg Version: 1.17.13 How did /var/lib/dpkg/status get corrupted?
$ dpkg -l dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 26673 package 'libmailutils4': '(installed' is not allowed for third (status) word in 'Status' field $ tail /var/log/dpkg.log 2014-09-22 23:08:06 status unpacked libncurses5:i386 5.9+20140913-1 2014-09-22 23:08:07 startup packages configure 2014-09-22 23:08:07 configure libncurses5:i386 5.9+20140913-1 <none> 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status unpacked libncurses5:i386 5.9+20140913-1 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status half-configured libncurses5:i386 5.9+20140913-1 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status installed libncurses5:i386 5.9+20140913-1 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status triggers-pending libc-bin:i386 2.19-11 2014-09-22 23:08:07 trigproc libc-bin:i386 2.19-11 <none> 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status half-configured libc-bin:i386 2.19-11 2014-09-22 23:08:07 status installed libc-bin:i386 2.19-11 $ diff /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status 11796c11796 < Status: install ok unpacked --- > Status: install ok installed 11805d11804 < Config-Version: 5.9+20140712-2 26674c26673 < Status: install ok installed --- > Status: install ok(installed Well I just used ed(1) to change the ( to a space and was able to proceed. Not sure how it got corrupted but I'm reporting this anyway. Feel free to close this bug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
