Re: leisner: rm assertion

[Bill Gatliff <bgat@billgatliff.com>]

Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Hi Bill,  arm folks,
>
> in the sid chroot on leisner this can be observed:
>
> [sid] leisner:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.14.16.6_arm.deb 
> (Reading database ... 31850 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.16.6 (using .../dpkg_1.14.16.6_arm.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
> rm: rm.c:371: main: Assertion `((status) == RM_OK || (status) == RM_USER_DECLINED || (status) == RM_ERROR)' failed.
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess rm cleanup killed by signal (Aborted)
> Setting up dpkg (1.14.16.6) ...
> chown: changing ownership of `Aq\207': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing dpkg (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  dpkg
>
>
> Do we have a guess whether this is hardware, kernel, or coreutils
> related?  (anybody else seeing this?)
>   

Yep, I've seen it:

http://bugs.debian.org/462677

I'll see about the workaround.  I don't know the root cause.



b.g.

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