[Bug 798793] Re: dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:250: w_status: Assertion `pigp->trigpend_head' failed.

[Marius Gavrilescu]

I might have broken something in /var/lib/dpkg/triggers because dpkg kept complaining about the format of /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Unincorp . I removed it but it kept coming back so I ran something like `while true;do rm Unincorp;done' while running APT. It worked the first time, the second, third I got the assertion fail in the description
I might have also broken someting with /var/lib/dpkg/status because someone on the ubuntu forums(I was looking for help for the previous problem -- the one with the format of Unincorp) recommended copying status-old over status.

** Attachment added: "Tarball with /var/lib/dpkg/status and /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/798793/+attachment/2173255/+files/status-triggers.tar.gz

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Title:
  dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:250: w_status: Assertion
  `pigp->trigpend_head' failed.

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  When I try to install/remove a package through dpkg(or apt-get) I get this error message:
  dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:250: w_status: Assertion `pigp->trigpend_head' failed.
  I'm using dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu1 on ubuntu oneiric

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-0.1-generic 3.0.0-rc2
  Uname: Linux 3.0-0-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jun 17 18:50:41 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-15 (2 days ago)

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