symlink error while unpacking -- why is this happening

[Anibal A Acero <aacero@lehman.com>]

Hi folks!

I'm using the hamm distribution and lately I've been getting alot of the 
following:


 dpkg --unpack jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v2-1.deb
(Reading database ... 100469 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking jdk1.1-dev (from jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v2-1.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v2-1.deb (--unpack):
 error setting ownership of symlink `usr/man/man1/appletviewer-jdk11.1': 
No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v2-1.deb

It's not just jdk1.1-dev; it's also e2fsprogs and lg-issue25 for starters.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

               Tony Acero, PhD - Lehman Brothers 
        212-526-5356 || aacero@lehman.com || FAX 212-526-6962



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