Bug#50270: dpkg: assertion failed
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.19
Severity: normal
This is what I got:
# dpkg -i dungeon_2.52-5.deb
Selecting previously deselected package dungeon.
(Scanning database ... 23906 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dungeon (from dungeon_2.52-5.deb) ...
Setting up dungeon (2.52-5) ...
dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/build/dpkg-1.4.1.19/lib/dump.c:149: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep' failed.
Aborted
# dpkg -l dungeon
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
ii dungeon 2.52-5 predecessor of Zork
So probably everything's ok, but nevertheless I think it's better to mention it.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux psycho 2.3.26 #6 Sun Nov 7 18:19:25 CET 1999 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libncurses4 4.2-3.4 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-3 The GNU stdc++ library
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