Lot of errors trying to install "libdbus-1-dev" package testing Ubuntu karmic

Bug #376903 reported by Fabio Colombo
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dbus

This is what I get from the terminal testing Ubuntu Karmic.

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdbus-1-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 78 not upgraded.
16 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/209kB of archives.
After this operation, 885kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbus-1-dev_1.2.14-2ubuntu5_i386.deb
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/libdbus-1-dev_1.2.14-2ubuntu5_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbus-1-dev_1.2.14-2ubuntu5_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbus-1-dev_1.2.14-2ubuntu5_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@blackdiamond-desktop:~#
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Bye and thanks

Fabio

Revision history for this message
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

E: Invalid archive signature

STOP!

This could be an apt problem, but is more likely a problem with your mirror - reassigning to the apt devs

affects: dbus (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu)
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Vish (vish) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for apt (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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