I'm having a similar problem after running the Update Manager on 15 Jan 2007. apt-get failed after upgrading libkrb53 and before upgrading vino.
$ dpkg -l vino dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 13899 package `python-newt': invalid package name (character `,' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-+._')) The relevant entry in /var/lib/dpkg/availabe is: Package: python-newt Priority: standard Section: python Installed-Size: 132 Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: newt Version: 0.52.2-51unu Size: 36954 Description: A NEWT module for Python This module allows you to built a text UI for your Python scripts using newt. : python2.4-newt, pythGenuineIntelepends: libnewt0.52 (= 0.52.2-5.1ubuntu1), python (<< 2.5), python (>= 2.3) Python-Version: 2.4, 2.3 I can guarantee that I have *not* edited this file by hand (but I will now) ** Attachment added: "Excerpt from dpkg.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5775371/bad-upgrade.log -- Bogus chars in "available" file after upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/64012 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
