This messed up my upgrade from 12.04 -> 12.10 pretty badly today. After:
..
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu7 (using .../dpkg_1.16.7ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...^M
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...^M
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...^M
Processing triggers for man-db ...^M
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 78310 package 'libesd0:i386':^M
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present^M
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 78310 package 'libesd0:i386':^M
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present^M
...
for the rest of the terminal log.
This messed up my upgrade from 12.04 -> 12.10 pretty badly today. After:
.. 1.16.7ubuntu3_ amd64.deb) ...^M dpkg/status' near line 78310 package 'libesd0:i386':^M dpkg/status' near line 78310 package 'libesd0:i386':^M
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu7 (using .../dpkg_
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...^M
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...^M
Processing triggers for man-db ...^M
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present^M
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/
mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package instances present^M
...
for the rest of the terminal log.