Ubuntu
dpkg package

error "Junk after Priority" while parsing status or available file

Bug #776631 reported by Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
dpkg (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu natty-updates
Nominated for Natty by Raphaël Hertzog
Nominated for Oneiric by Raphaël Hertzog

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

nothing else

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: hostname 3.04ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-29.51-generic 2.6.35.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 3 20:33:37 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package hostname 3.04ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured

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Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud (eng-m7mod) wrote :
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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote :

Hi, thanks for your bugreport. Can you attach the file /var/lib/dpkg/available to the bug report? Thank you.

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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote :

After some digging, it's effectively a regression of dpkg 1.16.0 compared to 1.15.8. (But it's unrelated to the multiarch branch). It would be nice to see this fixed in natty also.

summary: - package hostname 3.04ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
- package hostname is already installed and configured
+ error "Junk after Priority" while parsing status or available file
Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → natty-updates
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