Work-around to "recreate" .list file
WORK-AROUND: to re-create the .list file, where the broken package is
"update-manager" and a local copy exists in the cache.
# dpkg --no-debsig --no-triggers --force-all -r update-manager
# dpkg --no-debsig --no-triggers --force-all -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/update-manager_1%3a0.126.6_all.deb
# aptitude reinstall update-manager
I'm not 100% sure that both --no-debsig and --no-triggers are necessary;
I had them so I used them. Note that technically I was on an Ubuntu
Karmic system, but in theory this should work fine for Debian too.
Substitute 'apt-get' instead of 'aptitude' if that's what you normally use.
See also: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552517
dpkg ugly/confusing error message on corrupt .list file
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