Verification worked on Xenial:
# mkdir /tmp/cats # dpkg -i /tmp/cats dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory dpkg:../../src/unpack.c:123:deb_reassemble: internal error: unexpected exit status 2 from dpkg-split Aborted
# apt-get dist-upgrade ... Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) ... Setting up dpkg-dev (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) ... ...
# dpkg -i /tmp/cats dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/cats (--install): subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/cats
Verification worked on Xenial:
# mkdir /tmp/cats /../src/ unpack. c:123:deb_ reassemble: internal error: unexpected exit status 2 from dpkg-split
# dpkg -i /tmp/cats
dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory
dpkg:..
Aborted
# apt-get dist-upgrade
...
Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) ...
Setting up dpkg-dev (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) ...
...
# dpkg -i /tmp/cats
dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/cats (--install):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/cats