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

[Brian Currid]

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/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.27-11_2.6.27-11.27_all.deb (--unpack):
 files list file for package `docbook-xml' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.27-11_2.6.27-11.27_all.deb
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-2.6.27-11 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.27-11.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=e5a7c11b-4c2f-439d-b42d-090689a73ea2 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: 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

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

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.