/var/lib/dpkg/status: `meta-packageye' must be followed by colon

[William Leese <wleese@europe.nl.com>]

After attempting to install netscape with an apt-get install navigator I 
receive the following error message:
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dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8098 package 
`navigator':
 field name `meta-packageye' must be followed by colon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
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tried to remove netscape, same error message. Can someone tell me what 
happened? I've also tried adding a colon infront of meta-packageye on the 
right time however i just get another error message:
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dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 8098 package 
`navigator':
 invalid package name (character ` ' not allowed - only letters, digits and 
-+._ allowed)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
---

I thought of removing the line:

meta-packageye d/.: ye d/.

of "Source: netscape4.base" but it would probably break something badly...