Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: splix
Cleanly installed Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit
aptitude update -y -d
was not working:
# aptitude safe-upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
samba-common smbclient software-properties-gtk splix sqlite3
system-tools-backends
6 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/10.1MB of archives. After unpacking 45.1kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to
/var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-gtk_0.68.1_all.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to
/var/cache/apt/archives/splix_2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.3_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/sqlite3_3.5.9-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to
/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tools-backends_2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 112924 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace smbclient 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 (using
.../smbclient_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement smbclient ...
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/smbclient_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/rpcclient')
Preparing to replace samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 (using
.../samba-common_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement samba-common ...
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/net')
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-gtk_0.68.1_all.deb' is
not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-gtk_0.68.1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/splix_2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.3_i386.deb' is not
a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/splix_2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.3_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb:
`/var/cache/apt/archives/sqlite3_3.5.9-3ubuntu1_i386.deb' is not a debian
format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sqlite3_3.5.9-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb:
`/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tools-backends_2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb' is
not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tools-backends_2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were
encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/smbclient_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-gtk_0.68.1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/splix_2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.3_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/sqlite3_3.5.9-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tools-backends_2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
This problems where fixed apparently after installing some other packages.
Previously I tried to do safe-upgrade while /usr was mounted RO (readonly)
perhaps this triggered this problem
(but of course I changed to RW before trying again)
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Package: splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: splix
Title: package splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
** Affects: splix (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-package
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package splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb
--control returned error exit status 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334294
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