Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1 Severity: important dpkg is linked against its own libdpkg.so.0.
However, libdpkg does not have (by design) a stable ABI, and wasn't originally intended as a shared library. Furthermore, the dpkg package takes no special care to ensure that the version of dpkg installed corresponds to the version of the shared library at every point during a dpkg upgrade. This means that under some circumstances the library and binary could get out of step, making dpkg unuseable. Ian.
