package alac-decoder None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/alac-decoder.list] failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `liblcms1' contains empty filename

[Syed Aslam]

Binary package hint: alac-decoder

liblcms1 in /var/lib/dpkg/info is corrupt. Upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 a few days back. Unable to install any new package after that. There are lot of dependencies.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: files list file for package `liblcms1' contains empty filename
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Package: alac-decoder None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/alac-decoder.list]
SourcePackage: alac-decoder
Title: package alac-decoder None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/alac-decoder.list] failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `liblcms1' contains empty filename
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 108189, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.