Comment 26 for bug 380426

yes, exactly, it happens with alsa-base_1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2 for me too!

On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 09:16 +0000, paul_wyatt wrote:
> Not yet fixed for me - also happens with alsa-base_1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2:
>
> paul@karmic-sdb:~$ sudo aptitude upgrade
> W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead.
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initialising package states... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> alsa-base
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 269kB of archives. After unpacking 16.4kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Get:1 http://ubuntu-archive.datahop.it karmic/main alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2 [269kB]
> Fetched 269kB in 0s (975kB/s)
> (Reading database ... 183149 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace alsa-base 1.0.19.dfsg-3ubuntu1 (using .../alsa-base_1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script: Exec format error
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-base_1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-base_1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu2_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initialising package states... Done
>
> paul@karmic-sdb:~$
>