Comment 2 for bug 997024

Tried forcefully removing and reinstalling a healthy copy of python-twisted-core, still returned to square one:

# dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq python-twisted-core

dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `python-twisted-core' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 277171 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing python-twisted-core ...

# md5sum /var/cache/apt/archives/python-twisted-core_11.0.0-2_all.deb
4856042354ce0c71218903d1ce05e78b /var/cache/apt/archives/python-twisted-core_11.0.0-2_all.deb

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1152276 2011-04-30 23:05 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-twisted-core_11.0.0-2_all.deb

dpkg -i --no-triggers --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/python-twisted-core_11.0.0-2_all.deb
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `python-twisted-core' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 252111 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace python-twisted-core 11.0.0-2 (using .../python-twisted-core_11.0.0-2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-twisted-core ...
dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:985: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.
Aborted

Did extensive research. All directories intact, no part is hosted on ntfs-3g nor anything outside one ext4 partition:
/dev/sda4 17576084 16691412 706112 96% /
/dev/sda4 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)