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

[Preston Hagar]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:04 PM, ping <songpingemail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)
>


Try

sudo apt-get clean
sudo dpkg --clear-avail

and then try the update again and see if that clears it.

Preston