This one time, at band camp, Martin Hansen said:
> 
> > Pease send the output of 
> > dpkg -D3 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb
> 
> dustpuppy:~# dpkg -D3 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb 
> (Reading database ... 198489 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace hdparm 5.8-1 (using .../archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb) 
> ...
> D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=installed
> D000002: maintainer_script_alternative nonexistent prerm 
> `/var/lib/dpkg/info/hdparm.prerm'
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( )
> Unpacking replacement hdparm ...
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/hdparm.postrm ( )
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old post-removal script: Permission 
> denied

Output of 
ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/hdparm.postrm
md5sum /var/lib/dpkg/info/hdparm.postrm

> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( )
> dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
> D000001: process_archive updating info directory
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb 
> (--install):
>  unable to install (supposed) new info file `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is 
> a directory
> D000002: maintainer_script_installed nonexistent preinst
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( )
> D000002: maintainer_script_installed nonexistent postinst
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb

Output of 
mkdir tmp
dpkg -e /var/cache/apt/archives/hdparm_6.1-1_i386.deb tmp/
ls -lAR tmp/
find tmp/ -type f | xargs md5sum

please.

Thanks,
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