[Tfug] apt-get not working

[Jim B]

When I do an apt-get upgrade snort I get the following message:

:/var/log# apt-get install snort
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, snort is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 630  not upgraded.
17 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 180747
package `zope':
 `Conflicts' field, invalid package name `zope-renderabl%': character `%'
not allowed - only letters, digits and -+._ allowed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

When I do an apt-get dist-upgrade I get the following

This is on debian system with apt/sources.lit set to sarge

 apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  eyesapplet fifteenapplet flashkard fwbuilder fwbuilder-ipt kaboodle
  kaddressbook kalarm kalzium kamera kandy kaphorism kappfinder karm
  kasteroids kate kate-plugins katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbattleship
  kblackbox kbounce kcalc kcharselect kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcontrol kcron
kdat
  kde-core kdeaddons-kfile-plugins kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins
kdeartwork
  kdeartwork-style kdeartwork-theme-window kdebase kdebase-bin
  kdebase-kio-plugins kdeedu kdegraphics kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs
  kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
  kdenetwork kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins
  kdepim-libs kdeprint kdesktop kdessh kdf kdict kdm kdvi kedit keduca
  kenolaba kfax kfind kfloppy kfouleggs kgeo kget kghostview kgpgcertmanager
  khangman khelpcenter khexedit kicker kicker-applets kiconedit kit kiten
  kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon klettres klickety klines klipper
kmahjongg
  kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmessedwords kmid kmidi kmines kmix kmoon kmplot
  kmrml knewsticker knode knotes kodo kolf konq-plugins konqueror
  konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole kooka korganizer korn kpackage kpager

  kpaint kpat kpercentage kpersonalizer kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler kppp
  krdc kregexpeditor kreversi krfb kruler ksame kscd kscreensaver kshisen
ksim
  ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksmserver ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel
  ksplash kstars ksync ksysguard ksysv kteatime ktimer ktip ktouch ktron
  ktuberling ktux kuickshow kuser kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain
kweather
  kwin kwin4 kworldclock kxconfig kxmlrpc libarts1-mpeglib libkdeedu1
  libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 libkscan1 liblcms libmimelib1 lskat
  megami mozilla mozilla-browser mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm mozilla-xft
  mpeglib quanta secpolicy xlibmesa3
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache2-utils aptitude capplets capplets-data cpp-3.3 cvs desktop-base
  desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common dirmngr e2fslibs emacs21
  emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common emacsen-common evolution-data-server
  freeglut3 fwbuilder-common g++-3.3 gcc-3.3 gimp gimp-data gksu
  gnome-desktop-data gnome-keyring gnome-session gnupg-agent gnupg2 gpgsm
  gs-gpl gtkhtml3.2 hicolor-icon-theme imagemagick initscripts klettres-data

  kstars-data libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libatm1 libboost-python1.32.0
  libcarp-clan-perl libcompfaceg1 libconvert-binhex-perl libcroco3
  libcupsys2-gnutls10 libdb4.3 libdevmapper1.01 libdns16 libebook8 libecal6
  libedata-book1 libedata-cal5 libedataserver3 libeel2-2 libeel2-data
  libegroupwise6 libelfg0 libexif10 libflac6 libfribidi0 libgadu3
libgal2.0-6
  libgal2.2-1 libgal2.2-common libgcrypt11 libgd2-xpm libgimp2.0
libgksu1.2-0
  libgksuui1.0-0 libgle3 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0
  libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnutls11 libgpg-error0 libgpgme11
  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkhtml3.0-4
  libgtkhtml3.2-11 libice6 libidn11 libiw27 libjack0.80.0-0
libjasper-1.701-1
  libjpeg-progs libksba8 liblcms1 libmagick6 libmal1 libmimelib1a
libmodplug0
  libmyspell3 libnautilus2-2 libnet-daemon-perl liboggflac1 libopenct1
  libopenexr2 libopensc1 libpaper-utils libpcsclite1 libperl5.8libplrpc-perl
  libpth2 libraw1394-5 libreadline5 librsvg2-common libselinux1 libsensors3
  libsigc++-1.2-5c102 libsm6 libsoup2.2-7 libss2 libstdc++5- 3.3-dev libt1-5
  libtag1 libtasn1-2 libtheora0 libtidy0 libtiff-tools libtiff4 libuuid1
  libx11-6 libxext6 libxft1 libxi6 libxklavier8 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6
  libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libzzip-0-12 menu-xdg
  ntp-server php4-common pinentry-qt quanta-data sane-utils shared-mime-info
  squid-common sudo sysv-rc tidy ttf-bitstream-vera vim-common wamerican
  xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibs-data xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl
  xscreensaver-nognome
The following packages have been kept back
  abiword-common libarts1-xine
460 packages upgraded, 158 newly installed, 184 to remove and 2  not
upgraded.
17 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/308MB of archives. After unpacking 79.0MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptorPreconfiguring
packages ...
Info: dictionaries-common/default-ispell is already set to
      [american (American English)]. Preserving it.
Info: dictionaries-common/default-wordlist is already set to
      [american (American English)]. Preserving it.
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 180747
package `zope':
 `Conflicts' field, invalid package name `zope-renderabl%': character `%'
not allowed - only letters, digits and -+._ allowed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
You have new mail in /var/mail/root


Jim