No, the underlying problem is with dpkg not recognising the .xz compression
type used in Oracle's .deb file.
This is ALREADY fixed in the 12.04 version, so for from there being "nothing
the Ubuntu developers can do", there is - backport the later version of dpkg
that supports the .xz file type!
The package you are having an issue with, oracle-
java8-installer_8b119-0~webupd8~0_all.deb, is not one provided in the
official Ubuntu repositories and subsequently there is nothing Ubuntu
developers can do to fix the issue with that package.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Inv
I am facing similar problems in 13.10
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up oracle-java8-installer (8b123-0~webupd8~0) ...
Downloading Oracle Java 8...
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My suggestion is to (ideally) have the later version back-ported to
10.04 so this problem is not an issue for the remaining 1.5 years or so
of "long term support" for such servers, or to make sure Oracle uses the
older style of compression so the package is usable.
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