Can you show us the output of "ls -al /usr/share/doc/bash" ? The real error is this one but it looks weird that dpkg is unable to create that file... the only idea is that /usr/share/doc/bash has been replaced by something that's not a directory and I want to verify that with the output of the above command.
Preparing to replace bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 (using .../bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement bash ... Replaced by files in installed package bash-completion ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to create `/usr/share/doc/bash/NEWS.gz.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/share/doc/bash/NEWS.gz'): No such file or directory dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode. Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb dpkg: error processing bash (--configure): package bash is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: bash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839399 Title: package bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash is already installed and configured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/839399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
