Input/Output error is a sign of faulty hardware, not of a dpkg bug. Closing the report.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298510 Title: package gsynaptics None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gsynaptics.list] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_read(fd): files list for package `lilypond-doc' -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs