Bug#921067: libstdc++-8-dev: install fails with "dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)"

[Nikolai Lusan <nikolai@lusan.id.au>]

Package: libstdc++-8-dev
Version: 8.2.0-15
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software


This problem as arisen during an upgrade. The system is now reporting:
	root@redhorse:/tmp# dpkg --configure -a
	dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++-8:
	 g++-8 depends on gcc-8 (= 8.2.0-16); however:
	  Package gcc-8 is not configured yet.
	 g++-8 depends on libstdc++-8-dev (= 8.2.0-16); however:
	  Package libstdc++-8-dev:amd64 is not installed.
	
	dpkg: error processing package g++-8 (--configure):
	 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
	Errors were encountered while processing:
	 g++-8

Also apt cannot install, or upgrade, any other packages with the system
in this state. Manually running the relevant scripts from /var/lib/dpkg/info/ does not produce
an error.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libstdc++-8-dev depends on:
ii  gcc-8-base    8.2.0-16
ii  libc6-dev     2.28-5
hi  libgcc-8-dev  8.2.0-15
ii  libstdc++6    8.2.0-16

libstdc++-8-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libstdc++-8-dev suggests:
pn  libstdc++-8-doc  <none>

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