Bug#635683: sid perl update problem with 5.12.4-2: text file busy

2011-08-10 Thread Niko Tyni
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 06:28:39PM +0200, Peter Gervai wrote: So, I have sid not updated for a few weeks now. Needed to update perl from 5.12.4-1 to 5.12.4-2, and got the following: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.12.4-2_i386.deb (--install): unable to open

Bug#635683: sid perl update problem with 5.12.4-2: text file busy

2011-08-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Niko Tyni wrote: Looks like dpkg tries to sync /usr/bin/perl5.12.4.dpkg-new when a hard link has already been renamed to /usr/bin/perl and presumably gotten executed by someone else. Ah, fun. :) Does this help? --- debian/changelog |6 ++ src/archives.c |4 ++-- 2 files

Bug#635683: sid perl update problem with 5.12.4-2: text file busy

2011-08-10 Thread Peter Gervai
Thanks Niko for commenting, I have met this report but since it was kicked away with fixed in later I didn't dare to touch. My dpkg is 1.16.0.3 peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Processed: Re: dpkg --unpack: »/usr/bin/perl5.12.4.dpkg-new« cannot be opened: The program cannot be executed or altered/changed (busy)

2011-08-10 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: found 635683 dpkg/1.16.0.3 Bug #635683 [dpkg] dpkg --unpack: »/usr/bin/perl5.12.4.dpkg-new« cannot be opened: The program cannot be executed or altered/changed (busy) Bug Marked as found in versions dpkg/1.16.0.3. # Not tested; just guessing.