On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 09:32:24AM -0700, Bill Brelsford wrote: > Recent security updates on jessie (i486) have failed: > > # aptitude update > ... > # aptitude -DPR safe-upgrade > The following packages will be upgraded: > libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common > ... > Reading changelogs... Done > (Reading database ... 72512 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0_2.31.1-2+deb8u2_i386.deb ... > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly > Failed to perform requested operation on package. Trying to recover: > > Installing or removing specific packages also fails. apt-get works > fine, but subsequent aptitude runs fail the same way.
First of all, eliminate the obvious: Do you have enough free space (and free inodes) in order to unpack the archive? Secondly, is the unpack process segfaulting? You might not see a message at the console, but check if the kernel has logged an error. > > My other jessie system doesn't have this problem, so I assume > something is corrupt. But I can't find a way to repair it. > Suggestions? (Aptitude version is 0.6.11-1+b1, dpkg 1.17.25.) > -- For more information, please reread.
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