Bug#427416: preinst bug in libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
Package: libc6
Version: 2.5-9
Severity: Normal
This appears to be a bug in the .deb's preinst script. It only
shows up for me when there is a space in the path to the .deb (as
evidenced below)
mark@mark:~/My Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 157755 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.5-5 (using libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ...
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 128: test: /home/mark/My: binary
operator expected
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.5-9) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ...
mark@mark:~/My Downloads$ cd ..
mark@mark:~$ ln -s My\ Downloads/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
mark@mark:~$ sudo dpkg -i libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 157755 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.5-9 (using libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.5-9) ...
mark@mark:~$ cd My\ Downloads/
mark@mark:~/My Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 157755 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.5-9 (using libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ...
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 128: test: /home/mark/My: binary
operator expected
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.5-9) ...
mark@mark:~/My Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i ../libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 157755 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.5-9 (using ../libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb)
...
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 128: test: /home/mark/My: binary
operator expected
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.5-9) ...
mark@mark:~/My Downloads$
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