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libtasn1-3 package

  1. Bug #889663
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 889663

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 889663] [NEW] libtasn1-3 cannot be upgraded or installed

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:20:19AM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:

> Preparing to replace libtasn1-3:i386 2.9-4 (using .../libtasn1-3_2.10-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libtasn1-3:i386 ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libtasn1-3_2.10-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> './usr/share/doc/libtasn1-3/NEWS.gz' is different from the same file on the system
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libtasn1-3_2.10-1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> This is on an amd64 image of Precise. Could this be a multiarch breakage?
> It pretty much breaks all package management. (I'll try removing and
> reinstalling libtasn and its dependents next).

This is a manifestation of bug #871083: gzip output is not 100% idempotent,
and as a result gzip-compressed files are not always multiarch-safe.

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