I just started having this problem myself in Jaunty. I have used dselect nearly every day since mid 1998 without problem until I started seeing this issue.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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dselect: failed to create baselist pad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252001
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