Dpkg Broken Input in Flex Scanner Failed

Name: Dpkg Broken Input in Flex Scanner Failed
Uploaded: 2026-10-07T18:58:26+00:00
Duration: 13 min 55 s
Description: Dpkg Will Not Do Anything. All Commands Exit Immediately with the Message, "Input in Flex Scanner Failed" We Had a Power Outage and Had to Repair the Disk...

dpkg will not do anything. All commands exit immediately with the message, "input in flex scanner failed"

We had a power outage and had to repair the disk. Does anyone know how to recover from this situation?

# dpkg --configure -a
input in flex scanner failed

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