Re: Dpkg fails to install certain packages
Joey Hess writes ("Re: Dpkg fails to install certain packages"):
> I doubt this is a dpkg bug, it looks like the files you downloaded are
> corrupted, either on the mirror you got them from, or were corrupted during
> download.
No, this is the SIGPIPE set to SIG_IGN bug. It is not a bug in dpkg.
How was dpkg invoked ?
Ian.
> Jake Griesbach wrote:
> > Dpkg fails to install certain packages, due to gzip -dc returning an
> > error. This seems prominent in more than a few current packages.
> >
> > Here is an example:
> >
> > Processing Package files...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/main...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/contrib...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/non-free...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/main...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/non-free...
> > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/contrib...
> > non-us.debian.org stable...
> >
> > Constructing list of files to get...
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../utils/strace_3.1.0.1-11.deb (59k)
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../admin/gtop_0.28.1-5.deb (52k)
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../x11/gnome-panel_0.99.3.2-4.deb (314k)
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../x11/gnome-core_0.99.3.2-4.deb (1097k)
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../base/debianutils_1.11.deb (25k)
> > already got: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../editors/vim-rt_5.3-12.deb (752k)
> > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../utils/gcal_2.40-5.deb (565k)
> >
> > Approximate total space required: 2864k
> > Available space in debian: 5199190k
> > Do you want to select the files to get [n]: y
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/gtop_0.28.1-5.deb 52k (total = 0k) [y]: n
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/debianutils_1.11.deb 25k (total = 0k) [n]:
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/editors/vim-rt_5.3-12.deb 752k (total = 0k) [n]:
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/utils/gcal_2.40-5.deb 565k (total = 0k) [n]:
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/utils/strace_3.1.0.1-11.deb 59k (total = 0k) [n]:
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-core_0.99.3.2-4.deb 1097k (total = 0k) [n]:
> > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-panel_0.99.3.2-4.deb 314k (total = 0k) [n]:
> >
> > Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial)
> > dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb
> >
> > Do you want to install the files fetched [y]:
> > Installing files...
> > (Reading database ... 43888 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking libgnome0 (from .../devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb) ...
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/calculator-font.png', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gnome/gtkrc', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgnomesupport.so.0.0.0', which is also in package libgnome31
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgnomesupport.so.0', which is also in package libgnome31
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/dns-helper', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome_segv', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-dump-metadata', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/dns-helper.1.gz', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/gnome_segv.1.gz', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/convertrgb.1.gz', which is also in package gnome-bin
> > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/gnome-dump-metadata.1.gz', which is also in package gnome-bin
> >
> > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
> > dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb (--install):
> > subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb
> > DPKG ERROR
> >
> > (Dpkg then continues on in the normal manner with Do you wish to
> > delete the installed package (.deb) files? [y] )
> >
> > Actually all of the above packages listed in this transcript fail
> > similarly.
> >
> > root@gamera> ldd /usr/bin/dpkg
> > libdpkg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0 (0x40010000)
> > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40025000)
> > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> >
> > dpkg version is 1.4.1
> > dpkg-ftp version is 1.6.1
> > gzip version is 1.2.4-29
> >
> > kernel version: 2.2.1
> > libc-2.0.7.so
> > perl version: 5.004.04-6
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> see shy jo
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