Bug#197188: dpkg: lib/dump.c:180: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep' failed.
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.23
Followup-For: Bug #197188
While apt-get dist-upgrade I got the following error:
[...]
Preparing to replace slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-3 (using
.../slang1a-utf8_1.4.9dbs-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang1a-utf8 ...
Setting up slang1a-utf8 (1.4.9dbs-6) ...
dpkg: ../../lib/dump.c:180: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep'
failed.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
After doing a "apt-get --reinstall install slang1a-utf8" I got:
[...]
Preparing to replace slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-6 (using
.../slang1a-utf8_1.4.9dbs-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang1a-utf8 ...
Setting up slang1a-utf8 (1.4.9dbs-6) ...
So I am unable to reproduce the failure.
The following bug reports describe the same problem: #197188 #242799
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.23 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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