Good point, but dpkg doesn't need to hide it completely. What's wrong with using the backup file but also notifying the user (through a direct warning or maybe through a logging statement) about the problem? That way, novice users (that can't even manage to figure out how to use the old file) aren't left with a system that can't receive any updates, and they know that they need to maybe look into geting a new hard drive.
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