Yeah, looks like this may be an issue in dpkg... # strings /usr/bin/dpkg | grep is\ not\ in conffile '%s' is not in sync with other instances of the same package %.250s is not installed. Package %s which provides %s is not installed. Package %s is not installed.
# dpkg -S /usr/bin/dpkg dpkg: /usr/bin/dpkg # dpkg -l dpkg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-======================================-======================================-============================================================================================ ii dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu5 Debian package management system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964303 Title: package openjdk-7-jre-headless (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: conffile './etc/java-7-openjdk/fontconfig.bfc' is not in sync with other instances of the same package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/964303/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
