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On Fri, 2015-04-24 at 20:38:53 +1000, Ross Peachey wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.16.16 > Linux xxxxxxxxx 2.6.35.4-rscloud #8 SMP Mon Sep 20 15:54:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 > GNU/Linux Hmmm. All these "cloud" kernels look suspect as of late… > dpkg -s libc6 | grep ^Version > Version: 2.13-38+deb7u8 > apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages will be upgraded: > curl dpkg libcurl3 libmysqlclient18 libtasn1-3 libx11-6 libx11-data > libxml2 libxrender1 mysql-common ntp > 11 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/6678 kB of archives. > After this operation, 4096 B of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > (Reading database ... 48545 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace dpkg 1.16.15 (using .../dpkg_1.16.16_amd64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement dpkg ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.16.16_amd64.deb > (--unpack): > > unable to create `/usr/share/man/sv/man5/dpkg.cfg.5.gz.dpkg-new' (while > processing `./usr/share/man/sv/man5/dpkg.cfg.5.gz'): Invalid argument This error comes from a very common open() syscall to create a file. If it's failing there, I assume either your filesystem or your kernel are misbehaving. Maybe broken disk/memory? Can you reproduce it? Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
