E: Internal Error. Cannot configure a pre-depend?

Hi there...   I was doing an apt-get dist-upgrade... and when it just dowloaded all   'E: Internal Error. Cannot configure a pre-depend' ???   I have tried with dselect, and the same error appears...  im totally lost here anyone?     Thanks.

/var/lib/dpkg/status deleted! can i rebuild it?

Hi...Thanks to a 'friend' who claims to 'know' much about unix matters, ive =deleted the file /var/lib/dpkg/statusWhy??? you say I have no idea (yes, i know less than him).Now, i cant use apt-get correctly, i receive all kind of 'unexpected =errors'.=20The question is this:- Is there any