dpkg cant read descriptor flags

[dino99]

Binary package hint: dpkg

on maverick, each time i've tried to install a package (for example: clamtk, iptables, and others too) with gdebi, the process start as usual but at the beginning of installation when the dialog box open, dpkg complaint that it cant read descriptor flags: "bad descriptor file flag"

so i suppose its about "dpkg" and not about "gdebi" but im not sure at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic-pae 2.6.35.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 21 12:25:08 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg

[dino99 (9d9)]

if i install from a console the same packages, dpkg dont complaint (dpkg -i), so this issue might be against gdebi . Some other users have reported same troubles on ubuntuforums and have confirm that installations work from terminal

[Mauro D'Aloisio (maurodaloisio)]

The same for me, amd64.
"dpkg -i package.deb" and "sudo gdebi package.deb" work fine, gdebi-gtk not

[dino99 (9d9)]

seem to be fixed by bug 620297 report

[dino99 (9d9)]

about #4 above: bad news, ive tried to use gdebi again to install a new deb (clamtk from sourceforge), and dpkg still cant read flags, so its not fixed.