package ant-gcj 1.7.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: libgcj failure: gcj linkage error. Incorrect library ABI version detected. Aborting.

[NeHigh]

Binary package hint: ant

Ubuntu 9.04- the Jaunty Jackalope - released in April 2009.
package "gij-4.24.2.4-5"
gcj-4.2 (4.2.4-5ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Upload as gcj-4.2.

gcc-4.2 (4.2.4-5ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Built from upstream tarball, regenerate control file.
  * Update to SVN 20090110 from the ubuntu/gcc-4_2-branch.

gcc-4.2 (4.2.4-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Update to SVN 20090104 from the ubuntu/gcc-4_2-branch.
    - PR c++/27574, PR rtl-optimization/36438, PR c++/38007,
      PR middle-end/37807, PR middle-end/37809, PR bootstrap/33100,
      PR target/37909, PR c++/37142, PR c++/38030, PR c++/37932,
      PR bootstrap/37295.
    - Fix PR target/38287 (sparc, wrong code). Addresses: #506713.
  * Do not build-depend on autogen, if the package is not installable.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: ant-gcj 1.7.1-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: ant
Title: package ant-gcj 1.7.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-18-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank for your report

The relevant error is
---
Setting up gij-4.2 (4.2.4-5ubuntu1) ...
libgcj failure: gcj linkage error.
Incorrect library ABI version detected. Aborting.

Aborted
dpkg: error processing gij-4.2 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

That's what makes your dist-upgrade crash too.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz:

Unpacking replacement libicu38 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libicu38_3.8.1-3ubuntu1.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Emmanuel Bourg (ebourg)]

ant-gcj has been removed