Problems started occurring when i added 'mediubuntu' to the package sources list: package smbclient 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/rpcclient')

[Joshua Lee]

Binary package hint: samba

Version of Ubuntu: Xubuntu 9.04
Package Version: smbclient 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1

What i expected to happen: Shortly after i added 'mediubuntu' to the package sources list & i reopened it, it said the list was out of date...so i began to update it. Shortly after that it said i had 5 updates to currently installed packages...4 out of 5 updated successfully. The last package, the one i'm reporting failed...

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/rpcclient')
Package: smbclient 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package smbclient 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/rpcclient')
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Not a samba bug.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!