Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gzip
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
gzip:
Installed: 1.3.12-8ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1
Version table:
1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1 0
500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu karmic-updates/main Packages
500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu karmic-security/main Packages
*** 1.3.12-8ubuntu1 0
500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu karmic/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
On update, a dialog pops up stating "An error occured"
sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for scott:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
gzip
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/102kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,192B disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 462932 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gzip 1.3.12-8ubuntu1 (using
.../gzip_1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ...
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gzip_1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gzip_1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
gzip: Install
gzip: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 3 11:58:04 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gzip 1.3.12-8ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
SourcePackage: gzip
Title: package gzip 1.3.12-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no
script in the new version of the package - giving up
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic i686
** Affects: gzip (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-package i386
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package gzip 1.3.12-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in
the new version of the package - giving up
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516634
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