Bug#203972: dpkg -i hangs up the terminal

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.10
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

When I want to install (upgrade) a package, dpkg hangs up the terminal.
For instance:

greux:/home/lefevre# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/cvs_1%3a1.12.1-4_i386.deb
(Reading database ... Hangup
greux:/home/lefevre#

Then, I can't do anything else with the terminal (typing characters
doesn't do anything).

If I try to install packages via apt-get or aptitude, I get disconnected
from the machine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux greux.loria.fr 2.4.20 #2 Mon Mar 31 18:37:25 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                       1.10.10    a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                         2.3.1-17   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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