package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.152.0ubuntu1~hardy1 failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `xscreensaver-data' contains empty filename

[Bruce Forrest]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

The update manager notified me of a security update for flashplugin-nonfree. When I proceeded with the update I received the error message:

package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.152.0ubuntu1~hardy1 failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `xscreensaver-data' contains empty filename

I am using Ubuntu 8.04.2

9.0.152.0ubuntu1~hardy1 was trying to upgrade to 9.0.159.0ubuntu1~hardy1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 27 22:32:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: files list file for package `xscreensaver-data' contains empty filename
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.152.0ubuntu1~hardy1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.152.0ubuntu1~hardy1 failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `xscreensaver-data' contains empty filename
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.