Package: dirmngr Version: 2.1.16-3 Severity: important After an update on a powerpc machine I get:
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/dirmngr_2.1.16-3_powerpc.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 A reinstall via apt gets the same error. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 4.8.5-aragorn-lxtec-ppc Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- no debconf information