Re: Bug#639229: libreoffice-base: package not installable, dpkg fails to unpack

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

tag 639229 + moreinfo
tag 639229 + unreproducible
thanks

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:19:27AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 08:50:03AM +0200, Matthias Cramer wrote:
> > When upgrading to the newest package, dpkg fails to unpack the .deb file:
> > 
> > Preparing to replace libreoffice-base 1:3.3.4-1 (using .../libreoffice-
> > base_1%3a3.3.4-2_amd64.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement libreoffice-base ...
> > dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:824: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size'
> > failed.
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
> 
> If at all, this is a dpkg bug. What makes you think it's alibreoffice bug?
> It got properly packed by dpkg-deb as anything else.

And:

$ sudo dpkg -i --force-depends --root=/home/rene/pbuilder/build/11214 libreoffice-base_3.3.4-2_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libreoffice-base.
(Reading database ... 14579 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libreoffice-base (from libreoffice-base_3.3.4-2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: libreoffice-base: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 libreoffice-base depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.3.4-2); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on libreoffice-base-core (= 1:3.3.4-2); however:
  Package libreoffice-base-core is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on ure (>= 1.7.0+LibO3.3.0~beta3); however:
  Package ure is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on default-jre | gcj-jre | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre | java5-runtime | jre; however:
  Package default-jre is not installed.
  Package gcj-jre is not installed.
  Package java-gcj-compat is not installed.
  Package openjdk-6-jre is not installed.
  Package sun-java5-jre is not installed.
  Package sun-java6-jre is not installed.
  Package java5-runtime is not installed.
  Package jre is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on libhsqldb-java (>> 1.8.0.10); however:
  Package libhsqldb-java is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on libhsqldb-java (<< 1.8.1~); however:
  Package libhsqldb-java is not installed.
 libreoffice-base depends on libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:3.3.4~); however:
  Package libreoffice-java-common is not installed.
Setting up libreoffice-base (1:3.3.4-2) ...

unpacks fine. Are you sure the .deb didn't get corrupted on your hd
or so?

Grüße/Regards,

René