dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.22-3-686_2.6.22-6_i386.deb (--unpack):

[jpryzby+d at quoininc.com (Justin Pryzby)]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 02:53:42PM +0100, Jordi Pujol wrote:
> El Friday 30 November 2007 08:41:33 Jordi Pujol va escriure:
> > El Thursday 29 November 2007 23:34:49 Ren? M?rou va escriure:
> > > Unpacking linux-image-2.6.22-3-686
> > > (from .../linux-image-2.6.22-3-686_2.6.22-6_i386.deb) ...
> > > Ok, Aborting
> > > dpkg: error
> > > processing
> > > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.22-3-686_2.6.22-6_i386.deb
> > > (--unpack):
> >
> > looks like if that file is corrupted
> 
> No,
> then that could be some sort of messages like 
> the dpkg -i command says, that the /lib/modules folder already exists
> 
> in this case dpkg should use the parameter --force-overwrite ?
No.  Firstly, packages are allowed to contain the same directory;
that's not considered an overwrite (try dpkg -L and note that every
package includes the root directory; in fact IIRC this is a policy
requirement).

This is not a dpkg error, but a specific and deliberate preinst check
that does "return 1" or such, actively causing dpkg to stop.  See
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-*.preinst

Justin