Public bug reported:
Running a 10.04 LTS machine (32-bit) and it seem that the oracle-
java8-installer now uses the more recent compression option that is not
supported by the version of dpkg that is currently used by 10.04
Indirectly this is a security risk as java is well known for
vulnerabilities and being unable to update a package when it has come
through the official repository is a problem!
Upon running 'apt-get upgrade' this was the error message:
Preparing to replace oracle-java8-installer 8b115-0~webupd8~0 (using
.../oracle-java8-installer_8b119-0~webupd8~0_all.deb) ...
oracle-license-v1-1 license has already been accepted
Unpacking replacement oracle-java8-installer ...
dpkg-deb: file
`/var/cache/apt/archives/oracle-java8-installer_8b119-0~webupd8~0_all.deb'
contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/oracle-java8-installer_8b119-0~webupd8~0_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
System information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy dpkg
dpkg:
Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.6
Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.6
Version table:
*** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.6 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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dpkg-deb unable to install/upgrade oracle-java8-installer
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