Strange problem with apt
Full disclosure: This is on my laptop which is running Dapper. While I know that "ubuntu isn't debian", the error is actually coming from dpkg so I think it's relatively appropriate to ask here :)
I just tried installing the gpsd package but it apparently had some issues installing. Now any time I try using apt or dpkg, I get:
"fgets gave an empty string from diversions [i]"
What's that all about? My system is in a completely hosed state right now as I can't install or uninstall that package using apt or dpkg.
Does anyone know what might have happened? I've been using Debian and Ubuntu for a few years now and have never seen that error. Google doesn't come up with much either so I'm not sure what my options are
Thanks,
Carlos
PS: Here's the output of 'apt-get install -f':
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# apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gpsd
Suggested packages:
hotplug
Recommended packages:
gpsd-clients
The following packages will be upgraded:
gpsd
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/207kB of archives.
After unpacking 618kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: fgets gave an empty string from diversions [i]
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
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