package fdisk 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of './sbin/sfdisk' before installing new version: Input/output error

Bug #1798778 reported by Habib Hayek
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Bug Description

I was installing ubuntu on my new laptop using a USB and i faced that

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: fdisk 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 11:53:42 2018
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../fdisk_2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking fdisk (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2) over (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/fdisk_2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  unable to make backup link of './sbin/sfdisk' before installing new version: Input/output error
DuplicateSignature:
 package:fdisk:2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1
 Unpacking fdisk (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2) over (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/fdisk_2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  unable to make backup link of './sbin/sfdisk' before installing new version: Input/output error
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of './sbin/sfdisk' before installing new version: Input/output error
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3
SourcePackage: util-linux
Title: package fdisk 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of './sbin/sfdisk' before installing new version: Input/output error
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Habib Hayek (habibhayek) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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