I doubt this is a dpkg bug, it looks like the files you downloaded are corrupted, either on the mirror you got them from, or were corrupted during download.
Jake Griesbach wrote: > Dpkg fails to install certain packages, due to gzip -dc returning an > error. This seems prominent in more than a few current packages. > > Here is an example: > > Processing Package files... > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/main... > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/contrib... > ftp.debian.org dists/stable/non-free... > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/main... > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/non-free... > ftp.debian.org dists/potato/contrib... > non-us.debian.org stable... > > Constructing list of files to get... > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../utils/strace_3.1.0.1-11.deb (59k) > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../admin/gtop_0.28.1-5.deb (52k) > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../x11/gnome-panel_0.99.3.2-4.deb > (314k) > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../x11/gnome-core_0.99.3.2-4.deb > (1097k) > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../base/debianutils_1.11.deb (25k) > already got: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../editors/vim-rt_5.3-12.deb (752k) > want: ftp.debian.org dists/unstable/main/.../utils/gcal_2.40-5.deb (565k) > > Approximate total space required: 2864k > Available space in debian: 5199190k > Do you want to select the files to get [n]: y > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/gtop_0.28.1-5.deb 52k (total > = 0k) [y]: n > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/debianutils_1.11.deb 25k > (total = 0k) [n]: > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/editors/vim-rt_5.3-12.deb 752k > (total = 0k) [n]: > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/utils/gcal_2.40-5.deb 565k (total = > 0k) [n]: > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/utils/strace_3.1.0.1-11.deb 59k > (total = 0k) [n]: > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-core_0.99.3.2-4.deb 1097k > (total = 0k) [n]: > download: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-panel_0.99.3.2-4.deb 314k > (total = 0k) [n]: > > Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) > dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb > > Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: > Installing files... > (Reading database ... 43888 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libgnome0 (from .../devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb) ... > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-libs.mo', which > is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/calculator-font.png', which is also > in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gnome/gtkrc', which is also in package > gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgnomesupport.so.0.0.0', which is also in > package libgnome31 > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgnomesupport.so.0', which is also in > package libgnome31 > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/dns-helper', which is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome_segv', which is also in package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-dump-metadata', which is also in package > gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/dns-helper.1.gz', which is also in > package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/gnome_segv.1.gz', which is also in > package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/convertrgb.1.gz', which is also in > package gnome-bin > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man1/gnome-dump-metadata.1.gz', which is also > in package gnome-bin > > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe > dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: error processing > debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb > (--install): > subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libgnome0_0.30.1-5.deb > DPKG ERROR > > (Dpkg then continues on in the normal manner with Do you wish to > delete the installed package (.deb) files? [y] ) > > Actually all of the above packages listed in this transcript fail > similarly. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ldd /usr/bin/dpkg > libdpkg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0 (0x40010000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40025000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) > > dpkg version is 1.4.1 > dpkg-ftp version is 1.6.1 > gzip version is 1.2.4-29 > > kernel version: 2.2.1 > libc-2.0.7.so > perl version: 5.004.04-6 > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- see shy jo
