package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Nathan Adams]

Binary package hint: update-manager

This results in:

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 13 08:42:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.27
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64

[Nathan Adams (nadams)]

See also bug #239741

[Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny)]

Thanks for reporting, but this is not a real bug, so I'm converting this to question...

[Nathan Adams (nadams)]

This caused the Hardy upgrade process to fail. It is indeed a 'real bug'...