Getting Error Message: "No valid packages (-9997) in Disk Utility

I am having some permission issues with my iBook G4 12". But when I run Disk Utility and select the HD and tell it to Repair Disk Permissions, I am prompted for an administration password (I AM the administrator) and then, once entered, in the Disk Utility status window I get:
Verify permissions for "[hard disk name]"
Error: No valid packages (-9997) -- in Red Lettering
Permissions verification complete
Can anybody inform me what is going on and what I need to do?
Tom
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2GHz MacBook, 1GB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive

Tom --
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but apparently files have been deleted from your Receipts folders.
See this article for more info:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25704
I hope your BaseSystem.pkg file has just been moved, and not deleted.
But if it's gone, there are instructions in that article to fix the problem.

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