alien 8.76 doesn't seem to work under Karmic

[Calvin Mitchell]

Binary package hint: alien

lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch), Release: 9.10
apt-cache policy alien
alien:
  Installed: 8.76
  Candidate: 8.76
  Version table:
 *** 8.76 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
i tried alien -d, alien -d -i, alien -k
WHAT HAPPENED:
sudo alien -d -i MySQL-server-5.4.1-0.glibc23.x86_64.rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: incorrect format: unknown tag
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package MySQL-server: postinst preinst prerm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
mkdir: cannot create directory `MySQL-server-5.4.1': File exists
unable to mkdir MySQL-server-5.4.1: at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package.pm line 257.

[winky (fishysolutions-deactivatedaccount)]

root@FUCKUP:/tmp/TIV# alien --scripts TIVsm-API.i386.rpm
error: incorrect format: unknown tag
tivsm-api_6.1.3-1_i386.deb generated
root@FUCKUP:/tmp/TIV# apt-cache policy alien | grep Installiert
  Installiert: 8.78
root@FUCKUP:/tmp/TIV# uname -a
Linux FUCKUP 2.6.31-16-generic-pae #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 05:20:21 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

with jaunty no problem, with karmic a disaster.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

mkdir: cannot create directory `MySQL-server-5.4.1': File exist means it has already been run and has left some temporary files there. Please try to delete those first.