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package pidgin-data 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open file .dpkg-new during unpack

Bug #566320 reported by roygeva on 2010-04-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

while upgrading to 10.4

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pidgin-data 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 19 02:05:01 2010
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: package pidgin-data is already installed and configured
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package pidgin-data 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:

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roygeva (gevaroy) wrote on 2010-04-18:

VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (8.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (65.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (528 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (16.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz Edit (583.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (68.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-04-19:

Thanks for your report.

The relevant error is
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Preparing to replace pidgin-data 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1 (using .../pidgin-data_1%3a2.6.6-1ubuntu4_all.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement pidgin-data ...

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%3a2.6.6-1ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):

unable to open '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/tray/48/tray-away.png.dpkg-new': No such file or directory

Affecting to dpkg

affects:	ubuntu → dpkg (Ubuntu)
summary:	package pidgin-data 1:2.6.3-1ubuntu1~pidgin1.9.04.1 failed to - install/upgrade: + install/upgrade: unable to open file .dpkg-new during unpack

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-20:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.