crash on update of libssl0.9.8

[Gary Starr]

Binary package hint: openssl

Error message when automatic update being done by Synaptic in 8.10 desktop.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Package: libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: openssl
Title: package libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

It's unlikely that the problem is in the original archive; it sounds like somehow a corrupt package has made it to your machine. Please delete the libssl package file from /var/cache/apt/archives and try again.

If you keep getting stuff like this it might be worth checking your RAM; it's normally bad RAM, or something bad that happens during a download.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, 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!.