incorrect symbol in /var/lib/dpkg/available

[Roman Drogolov]

Binary package hint: dpkg

I get next message while trying to install any package, apt-get update don't help:

warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 53150 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
 error in Version string '3.0.4-50677_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number

Looks like "_" symbol is incorrect.

Here is my sources.list:

deb http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
deb-src http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

I use Ubuntu 10.10, dpkg version is 1.15.8.4ubuntu3

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 19 23:26:04 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=ru_RU:ru:en_GB:en
 LANG=en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

Run dpkg --clear-avail to fix your problem. In any case, this is not a dpkg problem but one of the corresponding package that you used to have installed.