[Bug 898364] Re: Update Issue - affects any instal

[Raphaël Hertzog]

It looks like /var/lib/dpkg/available is corrupted, you can try to run
"sudo dpkg --clear-avail" to get rid of your problem.

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

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Title:
  Update Issue - affects any instal

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  installArchives() failed: dpkg: error: parsing file
  '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 4384:

   invalid package name (character `,' not allowed (only letters, digits
  and characters `-+._'))

  Error in function:

  
  cannot update ubuntu

  Help please

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Nov 30 21:20:54 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-28 (1 days ago)

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