[Bug 1707865] Re: package libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: symbolic link '/usr/share/doc/libgl1-mesa-dri/changelog.Debian.gz' size has changed from 80 to 36

2017-08-01 Thread CVSH
I suppose this not really a mesa bug as it occurs with many packages which I try to install, so I'm changing it to dpkg, since that seems to be where symlinks are checked for size ** Package changed: mesa (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1707865] [NEW] package libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: symbolic link '/usr/share/doc/libgl1-mesa-dri/changelog.Debian.gz' size has changed from 80 to 36

2017-08-01 Thread CVSH
Public bug reported: Installing packages fails because symlinks have a different size than expected. What works is manually removing the links, but I suppose that dpkg should not worry about symlinks if they are working. As this error is summing up, I don't want to manually delete all links, the