I was able to workaround the issue by adding "Multi-Arch: same" to the amd64 package entries of libsdl-net and libsdl-mixer in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file.
I was then able to install the new dpkg and proceed normally. You might want to try the same for libcanberra-gtk-module, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1015616 Title: dpkg fails with status parsing error after upgrade to dpkg 1.16.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1015616/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs