I ran into this too. The problem seems to have been that /var/run was full.
This is a bug in the libssl package; it doesn't tell us why it failed, only *that* it failed. Soemthing in the script is failing silently but reporting the error upwards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659274 Title: package libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs