Hi Dave, I think I figured out that it's a disk space issue. I am running Ubuntu from a 1G partition on a thumb drive with an additional 1G partition for persistence (casper-rw). Suspect I may need to double those partition sizes to be able to run all the updates and add-ons...
JL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Gilbert Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bug 332394] Re: package gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc.a] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc_eh.a' the 'failed in buffer_write(fd)' is a little odd - are there any other errors in your logs (dmesg output might be useful) and check for free disc space - that looks more like dpkg couldn't write to the file. ** Changed in: gcc-4.3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- package gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc.a] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc_eh.a' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332394 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “gcc-4.3” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: gcc-4.3 update packages failed to instal correctly...caused error condition ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc_eh.a' NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc.a] SourcePackage: gcc-4.3 Title: package gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc.a] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc_eh.a' Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 -- package gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc.a] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3/libgcc_eh.a' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332394 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
