package base-passwd 3.5.22 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error

[John Small]

Binary package hint: base-passwd

This is in 10.04 LTS, an upgrade from 9.10, so I don't get to see the messages, just the broken packages.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: base-passwd 3.5.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 2 15:51:14 2010
ErrorMessage: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error
SourcePackage: base-passwd
Title: package base-passwd 3.5.22 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error