Public bug reported: On Yakkety, installing a single -dbgsym package using apt works fine. However, if I specify multiple on a command line, I get this:
$ sudo apt install metacity-dbgsym gnome-flashback-dbgsym Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: gnome-flashback-dbgsym metacity-dbgsym 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/1168 kB of archives. After this operation, 4972 kB of additional disk space will be used. dpkg: error: searched, but found no packages (files matching *.deb) E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) The *.deb wildcard is wrong because the packages actually have a .ddeb extension, i.e. /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-flashback- dbgsym_3.20.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.ddeb. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: apt 1.3~rc2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9134.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9134-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Thu Aug 25 15:44:22 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-23 (732 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140823) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-04-28 (119 days ago) ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616909 Title: Installing multiple dbgsym packages fails Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On Yakkety, installing a single -dbgsym package using apt works fine. However, if I specify multiple on a command line, I get this: $ sudo apt install metacity-dbgsym gnome-flashback-dbgsym Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: gnome-flashback-dbgsym metacity-dbgsym 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/1168 kB of archives. After this operation, 4972 kB of additional disk space will be used. dpkg: error: searched, but found no packages (files matching *.deb) E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) The *.deb wildcard is wrong because the packages actually have a .ddeb extension, i.e. /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-flashback- dbgsym_3.20.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.ddeb. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: apt 1.3~rc2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9134.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9134-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Thu Aug 25 15:44:22 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-23 (732 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140823) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-04-28 (119 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1616909/+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