Comment 3 for bug 183512

Thanks for taking an interest in this bug.
  Or maybe its housecleaning. :)
In my attempt to fix/debug this problem, the original files weren't
kept, so it can't be reproduced. In general, the problem was in
the /var/lib/dpkg available/status files ( I don't remember which)
was changed by the package manager, but then was a problem for the
package manager on a subsequent run. On that (old) computer, I've
disable any dpkg stuff, it is stable and does what it needs.
On newer releases, I haven't seen the issue, so have forgotten about
it.
You can too, if you like.

Take care, Toby.

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> update-manager crash with parse error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183512
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