Bug#301140: libstdc++6-4.0-doc: dpkg fails to manage this package : filenames too long (on my box at least)

[browaeys.alban@wanadoo.fr]

Package: libstdc++6-4.0-doc
Version: 4.0-0pre5
Severity: important

Installation leads too :

Preparing to replace libstdc++6-4.0-doc 4.0-0pre5 (using
.../libstdc++6-4.0-doc_4.0-0pre8_all.deb) ...
Document `libstdc++6-4.0-doc' is not installed, cannot remove.
Unpacking replacement libstdc++6-4.0-doc ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++6-4.0-doc_4.0-0pre8_all.deb
(--unpack):
 unable to clean up mess surrounding
`./usr/share/doc/gcc-4.0-base/libstdc++/html_user/structstd_1_1tr1_1_1tuple__size_3_01tuple_3_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_class_00_01___null_'
before installing another version: File name too long
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)



PS: i will test will the unstable dpkg version (i use the
experimental one , but there are not many changes by now ).


Even sending the bug report leads to errors: 
i have a hundreds md5sums does not match (as the files are
missing ...). Then it asks if i really want to send the report.


By the way are those hundreds characters for a file really
usefull ? The documetation must not have reach the billion of
billion pages by now ... else adding more directory may help :)


Regards
Alban


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-rc5
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8@euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages libstdc++6-4.0-doc depends on:
ii  gcc-4.0-base                  4.0-0pre8  The GNU Compiler Collection (base 

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