package libc6-dev 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Al Warren]

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
 linux-libc-dev 2.6.27-7.14
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
 libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Package: libc6-dev 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package libc6-dev 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8_i386.deb (--unpack):
 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

Please remove this file and recheck. This is not a glibc specific error.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.