Bug#25134: dselect corrupts status database if ftp fails

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

Package: dpkg

Version: 1.4.0.23.2

When I tried updating my Debian system to 2.0, and selected a large number

of new and updated packages with dselect, and then tried to install them

using ftp, the ftp failed for some reason or other, but rather than regard

my system as not having installed these packages, it regarded the install as

successful, leaving my machine hopelessly confused (and giving me several

hours of pure hacking to get it back on its feet).

   Julian

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       Julian Gilbey    (J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk)
         Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College
         Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND.




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