# strings /usr/bin/dpkg | grep is\ not\ in
conffile '%s' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
%.250s is not installed.
Package %s which provides %s is not installed.
Package %s is not installed.
# dpkg -S /usr/bin/dpkg
dpkg: /usr/bin/dpkg
# dpkg -l dpkg
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
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ii dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu5 Debian package management system
Yeah, looks like this may be an issue in dpkg...
# strings /usr/bin/dpkg | grep is\ not\ in
conffile '%s' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
%.250s is not installed.
Package %s which provides %s is not installed.
Package %s is not installed.
# dpkg -S /usr/bin/dpkg
dpkg: /usr/bin/dpkg
# dpkg -l dpkg Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= -====== ======= ======= ======= ======= ====-== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===
ii dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu5 Debian package management system