Public bug reported:
complete output:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
perl-base perl-modules
Suggested packages:
libb-lint-perl libcpanplus-dist-build-perl libcpanplus-perl
libfile-checktree-perl liblog-message-simple-perl liblog-message-perl
libobject-accessor-perl
Recommended packages:
libarchive-extract-perl libpod-latex-perl libterm-ui-perl
libtext-soundex-perl libpackage-constants-perl
The following packages will be upgraded:
perl-base perl-modules
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 78 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/3.696 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1.541 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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(Reading database ... 852329 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../perl-base_5.20.2-6ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking perl-base (5.20.2-6ubuntu0.1) over (5.20.2-6) ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.20.2-6ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unable to make backup symlink for './usr/share/man/man1/perl5.20.2.1.gz':
No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on
the local system
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.20.2-6ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: perl-base 5.20.2-6
Uname: Linux 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 23 03:47:27 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (277 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64
(20141022.2)
SourcePackage: perl
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-26 (88 days ago)
** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily
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perl-base fails to install due to " unable to make backup symlink for
'./usr/share/man/man1/perl5.20.2.1.gz': No such file or directory"
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