[Bug 948539] Re: updating get installArchives() failed error

[Laaad]

I have the same problem
while upgrading: 

 installArchives() failed: dpkg: error: parsing file
'/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 28976 package 'x11-common':

or

dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 28976 package 'x11-common':
 user-defined field name `G' too short

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Title:
  updating get installArchives() failed error

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10. Release 11.10

  Get the download updates but the installation fails with
  "installAarchive() failed" error.  Have 12 updates unstalled.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Mar  6 14:46:59 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (137 days ago)

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