ubuntu12.04 only: version number does not start with digit

[ping]

folks/experts:
anyone knows any solution/workaround to this issue?

I googled a lot and found a lot, but I don't see any verified answers to 
this issue in tons of discussions...


$sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
   libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
The following packages will be upgraded:
   dibbler-client logtool
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/425 kB of archives.
After this operation, 90.1 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 31148 
package 'linuxqq:i386':
  error in Version string 'v1.0.2-beta1': version number does not start 
with digit
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 38004 
package 'spoonwep-spoonwpa:i386':
  error in Version string 'BT3': version number does not start with digit
(Reading database ... 788030 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using 
.../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action 
"stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit 
status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action 
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                               Preparing 
to replace logtool 1.2.8-7 (using .../logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement logtool ...
dpkg: warning: logtool: conffile 'etc/logtool/exclude' is not a plain 
file or symlink (= '/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid')
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb 
(--unpack):
  unable to open '/etc/logtool/exclude.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
 
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb
  /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)