package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

Bug #619506 reported by Chase
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Canonical Foundations Team
Natty
Triaged
Medium
Canonical Foundations Team

Bug Description

I attempted to install the update from update manager and got this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 17 14:38:20 2010
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

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Chase (cohrac) wrote :
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

apport should not allow submitting these reports. it's a corrupted package archive and has nothing to do with the package itself.

affects: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) → apport (Ubuntu)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Should be fixed in apt, rather than apport, as that's where similar cases are handled already

affects: apport (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :
tags: added: patch
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
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