patch 2.5.9-5 failed to install/upgrade: package patch is already installed and configured
This bug report was converted into a question: question #97519: patch 2.5.9-5 failed to install/upgrade: package patch is already installed and configured.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patch (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: patch
the bug resulted when trying to install the linux deb package download for the BBC realplayer linux version real10gold which generated this bug related patch
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: package patch is already installed and configured
Package: patch 2.5.9-5
SourcePackage: patch
Title: package patch 2.5.9-5 failed to install/upgrade: package patch is already installed and configured
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
| brianb (brianbailey10) wrote | #1 |
| Christoph Berg (myon) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in patch (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
This seems like a more general problem to me. Several packages are listed with errors, I would say either dpkg's status database is severly broken on this system, or the package manager is doing evil things.