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Title: package util-linux 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: unable to install (supposed) new info file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is a directory Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: tpaivaa@soittila:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 tpaivaa@soittila:~$ apt-cache policy util-linux util-linux: Installed: 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1 Version table: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1 0 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 2.27.1-6ubuntu3 0 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial/main amd64 Packages *** 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I was running : tpaivaa@soittila:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade This happened: Unpacking gcc-5-base:amd64 (5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.1) over (5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libmpfr4_3.1.4-1_amd64.deb Error in function: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 480, in add_to_existing self.write(f) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 433, in write block = f.read(1048576) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/codecs.py", line 319, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte Original exception was: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: util-linux 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-36.42-generic 4.2.8-ckt8 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 29 09:53:14 2016 DuplicateSignature: package:util-linux:2.26.2-6ubuntu3:unable to install (supposed) new info file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is a directory ErrorMessage: unable to install (supposed) new info file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is a directory InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-04 (420 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1 apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu2 SourcePackage: util-linux Title: package util-linux 2.26.2-6ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: unable to install (supposed) new info file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm': Is a directory UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-29 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1607648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp