[Bug 1701756] Re: dpkg reports invalid character in version number on package 'compiz'

[Alexander Stohr]

** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  dpkg reports invalid character in version number on package 'compiz'

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When performing package related operations I get a warning about an
  invalid character in version number. For example:

  $ dpkg -l compiz
  dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8322 package 'compiz':
   error in 'Version' field string '1:0.9.12.2+6.04.20160823-0ubuntu1': invalid character in version number
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name                Version        Architecture   Description
  +++-===================-==============-==============-============================================
  ii  compiz              1:0.9.12.2+    all            OpenGL window and compositing manager

  $ sudo aptitude upgrade
  No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
  dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8322 package 'compiz':
   error in 'Version' field string '1:0.9.12.2+6.04.20160823-0ubuntu1': invalid character in version number
  dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8322 package 'compiz':
   error in 'Version' field string '1:0.9.12.2+6.04.20160823-0ubuntu1': invalid character in version number
                           
  I am running 16.04:
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  Please let me know if you need any more information.

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