Public bug reported: Instead of clearly stating that there is no more disc space, dpkg failure mode is to report the result of that -- namely that the package does not unpack properly:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/deepfire # apt-get install hibernate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libmdbtools openoffice.org-math openbsd-inetd libhsqldb-java libservlet2.3-java openoffice.org-base glob2-data Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: 915resolution xscreensaver kscreensaver gnome-screensaver xlock vlock Recommended packages: uswsusp The following NEW packages will be installed: hibernate 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 86.1kB of archives. After unpacking 434kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe hibernate 1.94-2 [86.1kB] Fetched 86.1kB in 0s (4366kB/s) E: Archive is too short E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor(Reading database ... 109935 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking hibernate (from .../hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb) ... dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy) dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb (--unpack): short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/hibernate/scriptlets.d/network') Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Tags: dpkg feisty ** Tags added: dpkg feisty -- dpkg fails too mysteriously when out of disc space https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108837 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
