Bug#204600: gcc-3.3: upgrade fails: ".../3.3.1/specs: Device or resource busy"
Package: gcc-3.3
Version: 1:3.3.1-0pre0
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
The latest version of gcc-3.3 (3.3.1-1) cannot be installed. apt complains
as follows:
#apt-get install gcc-3.3
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
gcc-3.3
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1291kB of archives.
After unpacking 32.8kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 142452 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gcc-3.3 1:3.3.1-0pre0 (using
.../gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gcc-3.3 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
unable to install new version of ./usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.3.1/specs':
Device or resource busy
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I suppose it might be related to the '.' in front of the specs path. The
file without the leading '.' can be read fine.
Drew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux strider 2.4.21 #1 Fri Jun 27 11:54:35 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8
Versions of packages gcc-3.3 depends on:
ii binutils 2.14.90.0.5-0.2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii cpp-3.3 1:3.3.1-1 The GNU C preprocessor
ii gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.1-1 The GNU Compiler Collection (base
ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.1-1 GCC support library
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