Package: dpkg
Version: 1.16.8
Severity: serious

I did the following:

ay:~> sudo apt-get install --purge debian-archive-keyring debian-faq 
debian-goodies debianutils deborphan desktop-file-utils dialog dict dict-foldoc 
dict-wn dictd dictionaries-common dictzip doc-base docbook-defguide- 
docbook-dsssl- docbook-mathml- docbook-simple- docbook-slides- docbook-website- 
docbook-xml- docdiff gif2png gettext gettext-base gettext-el ghostscript 
ghostscript-x
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fontconfig-config libasprintf0c2 libfontconfig1 libgettextpo0 libgs9
  libgs9-common
Suggested packages:
  xdg-utils jed-extra dhelp dwww doc-central yelp khelpcenter4 httpd
  gettext-doc ghostscript-cups hpijs
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  docbook-defguide* docbook-dsssl* docbook-mathml* docbook-simple*
  docbook-slides* docbook-website* docbook-xml* rarian-compat* scrollkeeper*
  xmlto*
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libasprintf0c2 libgettextpo0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  debian-archive-keyring debian-faq debian-goodies debianutils deborphan
  desktop-file-utils dialog dict dict-foldoc dict-wn dictd dictionaries-common
  dictzip doc-base docdiff fontconfig-config gettext gettext-base gettext-el
  ghostscript ghostscript-x gif2png libfontconfig1 libgs9 libgs9-common
25 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 10 to remove and 546 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/23.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 23.4 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

apt-get started to remove packages, but for docbook-mathml, dpkg
said that it wasn't installed:

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 89406 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing docbook-defguide ...
Removing docbook-dsssl ...
Purging configuration files for docbook-dsssl ...
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove docbook-mathml which isn't installed
Removing docbook-slides ...
Purging configuration files for docbook-slides ...
Removing docbook-simple ...
Purging configuration files for docbook-simple ...
Removing docbook-website ...
Purging configuration files for docbook-website ...
[...]

apt-get ended with a zero exit status, but due to the above problem,
the system is now in an inconsistent state:

ay:~> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -s
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 docbook-mathml : Depends: docbook-xml (>= 4.1.2-4) but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

docbook-mathml is still in "dpkg -l" output:

ii  docbook-mathml                          1.0.0-2                             
      Extension to DocBook XML for using MathML markup

I don't know about what is special with docbook-mathml, except for the
warning

dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 
package 'docbook-mathml':
 missing architecture

due to bug 620958.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  libbz2-1.0   1.0.6-4
ii  libc6        2.13-35
ii  liblzma5     5.1.1alpha+20120614-1
ii  libselinux1  2.1.9-2
ii  tar          1.26-4
ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.6.dfsg-2

dpkg recommends no packages.

Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii  apt  0.9.7.2

-- no debconf information

-- debsums errors found:
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5289 package 
'inn2':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8592 package 
'libgdbmg1':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11216 
package 'libnewt0':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 
package 'docbook-mathml':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 23016 
package 'libpcd':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31393 
package 'inn2-inews':
 missing architecture
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 33462 
package 'libisc4':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5289 
package 'inn2':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8592 
package 'libgdbmg1':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11216 
package 'libnewt0':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 13551 
package 'docbook-mathml':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 23016 
package 'libpcd':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31393 
package 'inn2-inews':
 missing architecture
dpkg-divert: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 33462 
package 'libisc4':
 missing architecture


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