package cpp-4.4 4.4.0-11ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Don Spaulding II]

Binary package hint: gcc-4.4

Upgraded from Jaunty to Karmic via editing sources.list manually and running a-g update && upgrade && dist-upgrade. The install failed with broken dependencies all through the gcc/cpp packages. I did an apt-get install -f to get the packages installed, everything appears fine and I don't have any problems with the system.

Reported in case the logs point out the packaging bug.

don@isengard:~$ apt-cache policy cpp-4.4
cpp-4.4:
  Installed: 4.4.0-11ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.4.0-11ubuntu2
  Version table:
     4.4.0-11ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
 *** 4.4.0-11ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 17 14:09:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Package: cpp-4.4 4.4.0-11ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-3.19-generic
SourcePackage: gcc-4.4
Title: package cpp-4.4 4.4.0-11ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-3-generic x86_64

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

This is not an error in gcc-4.4. Please remove the corrupt archive, and install/update again.

Unpacking cpp-4.4 (from .../cpp-4.4_4.4.0-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cpp-4.4_4.4.0-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive