I can still confirm this issue on an upgrade (7.04 to gutsy-rc) started 16-Oct afternoon US Pacific time. I hit the original python-apt issue, but the install continued behind the error window. When it finally aborted, it ran 'dpkg --configure -a' which eventually failed and can no longer be started because of the following error:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 33397 package `libc6':
`triggers-pendi' is not allowed for third (status) word in `status' field
I can still confirm this issue on an upgrade (7.04 to gutsy-rc) started 16-Oct afternoon US Pacific time. I hit the original python-apt issue, but the install continued behind the error window. When it finally aborted, it ran 'dpkg --configure -a' which eventually failed and can no longer be started because of the following error:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/ dpkg/status' near line 33397 package `libc6':
`triggers-pendi' is not allowed for third (status) word in `status' field
Will attach what files I can still find.