On another machine we see these also get stuck in the status file:
$ grep -C 2 'purge ok not-installed' /var/lib/dpkg/status|sed /^$/d
Package: libavutilcvs0
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
--
Package: libavcodeccvs
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
--
Package: kernel-source-2.4.19
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: devel
--
Package: modutils
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: extra
Section: admin
--
Package: mailx
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: standard
Section: mail
And for them, this shows "installed"!:
# dpkg --forget-old-unavail -D7777
D000010: forgetold checking kernel-source-2.4.19
D000010: forgetold ... informative installed
$ apt-cache showpkg kernel-source-2.4.19
Package: kernel-source-2.4.19
Versions:
2.4.19-3 (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
Description Language: C
File: /var/lib/dpkg/status
MD5: 68b329da9893e34099c7d8ad5cb9c940
[I don't know how where it gets that MD5 sum.]
Reverse Depends:
Dependencies:
2.4.19-3 -
Provides:
2.4.19-3 -
Reverse Provides:
$ apt-cache policy kernel-source-2.4.19
kernel-source-2.4.19:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
2.4.19-3 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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