package linux-headers-2.6.27-11 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.27-11.list] failed to install/upgrade: files list file for package `docbook-xml' is missing final newline
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Performed the following.....
open a terminal
type: sudo aptitude clean
type: sudo aptitude update
type: sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
After about 20 minutes of various Get statements, I got the following.
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
files list file for package `docbook-xml' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: files list file for package `docbook-xml' is missing final newline
LsUsb:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 106c:3702 Curitel Communications, Inc. Pantech PX-500
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Package: linux-headers-
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-headers-
Hi Brian,
This bug was reported a while ago and unfortunately didn't get any attention. Can you comment if this is still an issue for you? Thanks.