[Bug 613018] Re: dpkg parse error caused by virtual box entry

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** Changed in: dpkg (Debian)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  dpkg parse error caused by virtual box entry

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “dpkg” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  When doing a dist-upgrade this morning I encountered a dpkg parse
  error due to the virtual box entry.

  the trace from sudo apt-get dist-upgrade was

  Preconfiguring packages ...
  dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 52358 package 'virtualbox-3.1':
   error in Version string `3.1.2-56127_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number

  To work around this I had to edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and
  /var/lib/dpkg/available and replace "3.1.2-56127_Ubuntu_karmic" with
  "3.1.2-56127ubuntukarmic"

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