[Bug 663514] Re: incorrect symbol in /var/lib/dpkg/available

[Raphaël Hertzog]

Run dpkg --clear-avail to fix your problem. In any case, this is not a
dpkg problem but one of the corresponding package that you used to have
installed.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  incorrect symbol in /var/lib/dpkg/available

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  I get next message while trying to install any package, apt-get update
  don't help:

  warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 53150 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
   error in Version string '3.0.4-50677_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number

  Looks like "_" symbol is incorrect.

  Here is my sources.list:

  deb http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
  deb-src http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

  I use Ubuntu 10.10, dpkg version is 1.15.8.4ubuntu3

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Oct 19 23:26:04 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=ru_RU:ru:en_GB:en
   LANG=en
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg

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