package drscheme None failed to install/upgrade:

[James Abley]

Binary package hint: drscheme

Whilst upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, there was an error message about drscheme.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package drscheme is not ready for configuration
Package: drscheme None
SourcePackage: drscheme
Title: package drscheme None failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

2008-11-27 12:54:20,813 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/drscheme_2%3a4.0-1ubuntu2_i386.deb': 'short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/plt/collects/scribblings/setup-plt/compiled/setup-plt_scrbl.zo')

Could you please check if the filesystem contains errors or anything like this? It looks like something went wrong when the package was unpacked.

[James Abley (jabley)]

I'm not sure how I would find out whether the file system has any errors?

I did see this problem with both my laptop and home server when I upgraded, which to me implies that it may be a reproducible error of some sort, rather than a localised to one machine corruption?

If you can provide guidance as to what and how to collect any further information, I can take a look to see if the logs are still available.

[Alex Denvir (coldfff)]

We are closing this bug report because it has not been updated for some time. Please reopen it if you have more information to submit, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!