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package tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/zoneinfo/ROC' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

Bug #1373217 reported by Bob Baker Jr. on 2014-09-24

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #559127: various packages failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of <some file> before installing new version: Input/output error. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

I posted about this problem on askubuntu.com. Instead of reiterating everything again, please see my post here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/520714/cannot-update-or-install-new-packages-kubuntu-14-04-1-after-upgrade-from-12-04-5

This issue must be a bug, I'm just not sure if it is a situation that is reproduceable or not. The bug seemed to occur at the upgrade process while I still was logged into my Kubuntu 12.04 environment.

Version prior to upgrade - Kubuntu 12.04.5 LTS x86_64
Upgraded with Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS x86_64

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 23 20:38:23 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04:unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/zoneinfo/ROC' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/zoneinfo/ROC' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/zoneinfo/ROC' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-06 (18 days ago)

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Bob Baker Jr. (kmatsumari) wrote on 2014-09-24:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (703 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (560 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (109.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (12.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (8.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2014-09-24

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Bob Baker Jr. (kmatsumari) wrote on 2014-10-25:

This bug now affects me on both 12.04.5 LTS x64 as well as 14.04 LTS x64.

Package:
/var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2014i-0ubuntu0.12.04_all.deb
Error: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/zoneinfo/ROC' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

Tried to install time-zone and daylight-saving time data update.
Same issue that occurred during 14.04 distribution upgrade.

Please investigate this issue immediately, I believe this can become a very serious bug in the entire Ubuntu timezone system, especially if it has anything to do with why my apt package became broken after a bad update.