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  1. Bug #827942
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 827942

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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote : Re: [Bug 827942] Re: package dselect (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while processing `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument

On Sat, 20 Aug 2011, Nathan Neal wrote:
> Well, I installed ext specifically because after doing some research
> (and having previously installed Ubuntu under ext3), I found that I
> could have read/write access to hfs+ disks (which is what my Mac HD
> is). That is why I chose to install Ubuntu under ext2 formatting
> scheme.

Hum, I don't see the relationship unless you mean that MacOS can
read/write ext2 while it doesn't for ext3.

Otherwise if linux is able to access hfs+ it has nothing to do with the
choice of filesystem for Linux's root filesystem.

> As for other packages being installed, I have not tried to install
> dselect or use it manually before or since this error. I always use
> APT or Synaptic Package Manager (which I think calls the dselect
> process), and all the other installations I've done have completed
> without any errors.

dselect is not used by APT or Synaptic, only "dpkg" is used as underlying
package manager.

Can you try to install dselect again and see if you can reproduce the
error?

sudo apt-get install dselect

If yes I would like you to do "sudo strace -f -o log dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/dselect_*.deb" and to attach the resulting "log"
file. You might have to install strace first (apt-get install strace).
You might want to compress the log file before sending it ("gzip log" and
you send the log.gz file).

Cheers,
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