Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.5.4 Severity: important My /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride contains: > root gnokii 4750 /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev But the group "gnokii" doesn't exist on my system anymore (due to a broken maintainer script, I guess).
The problem is that dpkg-statoverride fails for any action for any files (not just the broken entry), like : > dpkg-statoverride --add root root 755 /usr/bin/xclock > dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: > syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file and even worse: > dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev > dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: > syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file I suppose that the most elegant workaround is to create the missing group... and cleanup the broken package. For other people affected... in my case, I ran: groupadd gnokii dpkg -P gnokii-cli # or # dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev groupdel gnokii Franklin -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable'), (10, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 7.4-2 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.25 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
