turns out that the issue was caused by an external script which modified
the status file.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard) => (unassigned)
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** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
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The diff between good and bad looks very bad.
** Patch added: "status.diff"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1611133/+attachment/4725517/+files/status.diff
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** Attachment added: "Good status file"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1611133/+attachment/4721386/+files/status-good
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Tit
** Attachment added: "Bad status file"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1611133/+attachment/4721387/+files/status-bad
** Tags added: sts
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Hi Dimitri-
yes my mistake, I meant Description field. I will upload the good and
the bad files momentarily...
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Title:
dpkg truncates lines in '
Do you have dpkg status files that you can share, both good and bad?
What do you mean by Package comments -> do you mean Description: field?
Looking at my /var/lib/dpkg/status as well as automatic backups in
/var/backups/dpkg.status.* I don't see a single package with a Comment:
field.
Do you ha
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Title:
dpkg truncates lines in 'status' file which begin with two spaces.
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