corrupted /var/lib/dpkg/status during upgrade
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dpkg |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
when running the upgrade to 12.10 (kubuntu) I get the dpkg status file into an unusable state
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present
dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present
debsums: dpkg-query --admindir=
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 12 07:51:02 2012
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-11 (0 days ago)
when I report a bug via ubuntu-bug I selected the 'other' category, but it insisted on treating it as a xorg error.
This is really a dpkg problem