Comment 0 for bug 1015337

My build scripts broke today with the new clamav SRU. They install the dansguardian package, which fails when pulling in the dansguardian-base dependency. Some testing in a VM shows this to be an easy to replicate problem:

$ sudo apt-get install dansguardian
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libipc-run-perl libnet-ip-perl libnet-dns-perl libclone-perl libsub-name-perl libparse-debianchangelog-perl libio-pty-perl libio-string-perl libnet-domain-tld-perl libemail-valid-perl libapt-pkg-perl
  libclass-accessor-perl libdigest-hmac-perl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam libclamav6 libtommath0
Suggested packages:
  clamav-docs squid libclamunrar6
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam dansguardian libclamav6 libtommath0
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 79 not upgraded.
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Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libtommath0 amd64 0.42.0-1 [53.0 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libclamav6 amd64 0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 [4,068 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main clamav-base all 0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 [101 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main clamav-freshclam amd64 0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 [115 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main clamav amd64 0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 [132 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe dansguardian amd64 2.10.1.1-4 [485 kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libtommath0.
(Reading database ... 204129 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libtommath0 (from .../libtommath0_0.42.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libclamav6.
Unpacking libclamav6 (from .../libclamav6_0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package clamav-base.
Unpacking clamav-base (from .../clamav-base_0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package clamav-freshclam.
Unpacking clamav-freshclam (from .../clamav-freshclam_0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package clamav.
Unpacking clamav (from .../clamav_0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package dansguardian.
Unpacking dansguardian (from .../dansguardian_2.10.1.1-4_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: warning: version 'dansguardian_2.8.0.6-antivirus-6.4.4.1-4' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up libtommath0 (0.42.0-1) ...
Setting up libclamav6 (0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up clamav-base (0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
install: cannot stat `/usr/share/doc/clamav-base/examples/main.cvd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing clamav-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav-freshclam:
 clamav-freshclam depends on clamav-base (>= 0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1); however:
  Package clamav-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav:
 clamav depends on clamav-freshclam | clamav-data; however:
  Package clamav-freshclam is not configured yet.
  Package clamav-data is not installed.
  Package clamav-freshclam which provides clamav-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing clamav (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dansguardian:
 dansguardian depends on clamav (>= 0.80); however:
  Package clamav is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dansguardian (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured