here is the status file
it was indeed corrupt.
I fixed it using
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gconf2
** Attachment added: Corrupted Status file
http://librarian.launchpad.net/6932871/status
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update-manager fails to update gnome-pilot
https://launchpad.net/bugs/93388
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ubuntu-bugs mailing
Public bug reported:
After installing ubuntu feisty herd 5, I updated through update-manager
which failed when updating gnome-pilot.
Update-manager gives a message to check with apt-get what's wrong
Typing: $ sudo apt-get check
Gives:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing
