[Bug 1601998] Re: /usr/bin/dpkg:6:do_internerr:deb_reassemble:process_archive:archivefiles:main

This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.4ubuntu1.3 --- dpkg (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) xenial; urgency=medium * Use ohshit() instead of internerr() for unhandled dpkg-split exit codes. (i.e. do not abort). Closes: #812679, LP: #1601998 -- Brian Murray Fri, 20

[Bug 1601998] Re: /usr/bin/dpkg:6:do_internerr:deb_reassemble:process_archive:archivefiles:main

Verification worked on Xenial: # mkdir /tmp/cats # dpkg -i /tmp/cats dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory dpkg:../../src/unpack.c:123:deb_reassemble: internal error: unexpected exit status 2 from dpkg-split Aborted # apt-get dist-upgrade ... Setting up libdpkg-perl

[Bug 1601998] Re: /usr/bin/dpkg:6:do_internerr:deb_reassemble:process_archive:archivefiles:main

Hello errors.ubuntu.com, or anyone else affected, Accepted dpkg into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.18.4ubuntu1.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See

[Bug 1601998] Re: /usr/bin/dpkg:6:do_internerr:deb_reassemble:process_archive:archivefiles:main

** Description changed: [Impact] There are a ton of crash reports in the Error Tracker from dpkg about dpkg-split which cause dpkg to abort. It'd be good to get this resolved in Ubuntu 16.04. [Test Case] Verify that the new version of dpkg does not appear in the Error Tracker. One

[Bug 1601998] Re: /usr/bin/dpkg:6:do_internerr:deb_reassemble:process_archive:archivefiles:main

** Description changed: + [Impact] + There are a ton of crash reports in the Error Tracker from dpkg about dpkg-split which cause dpkg to abort. It'd be good to get this resolved in Ubuntu 16.04. + + [Test Case] + Verify that the new version of dpkg does not appear in the Error Tracker. + One