Bug#54580: base-config: rm'd all packages files???

[Lazarus Long <lazarus@overdue.dhis.net>]

Package: base-config
Version: 0.01
Severity: normal

Get:60 http://http.us.debian.org potato/non-free Sources [31.6kB]

This after an apt-get update, once apt-get upgrade told me each of the
packages files it tried to stat weren't there.  And base-config had been
the only thing installed after the last apt run, hence it must be the culprit.

Screenfuls of "unable to stat foo" were more appropriate to paste here,
but alas, I didnt think to capture it all.  Regetting 60 pacakges files
seems wasteful.

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux phoenix 2.2.14 #1 Thu Jan 6 01:44:28 UTC 2000 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages base-config depends on:
ii  apt                         0.3.15                      Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  debconf                     0.2.67                      Debian configuration management system