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Gutsy dpkg upgrade error failed to open cache

Bug #141096 reported by pivotter on 2007-09-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #140739: Apt segfaults on gutsy. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Running Gutsy 7.10 on AMD 64 x2
219 updates avaiable
first install is dpkg update from 13 to 14, hangs
did a reboot, login console only, clean, retry, still the same, in console reports
segmentation fault.
Did a memory check from CD is ok,
Drive fsck is ok

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-19:

same as bug 134231

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

same as bug 141125

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

forgot to mention, at start the updater wanted to upgrade libc6-i386 2-6-1-1ubuntu4 (to 5) that also ended up in a segmentation fault, did a reinstall of that packet only (version4) , since then the updater hopped to the next packet dpkg also with a segmentation fault.

pivotter

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

GRRR, i am trying to create a proper crashlog, but when i try to install yelp-dbgsum, gutsy first wants to install dpkg , which ends in the segmentation fault.

Is there a way to remove dpkg from the update list ?

Cheers Pivotter

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

Nothing new, Bug #140777and Bug #140739, only the solution doesnt work cannot acces archive, no such file dpkg_1.4.5ubuntu14_*.deb

Did you people block the file ?

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

Solution : bug : 140739

Thanks TJ !

For each binary package, download the .deb listed under "File download"

You can also use a terminal and wget to do this, e.g. (for amd64) copy the link to the deb file and paste it as an argument to wget:

$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9354821/dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu14_amd64.deb
$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9354822/dselect_1.14.5ubuntu14_amd64.deb

Once downloaded, install:
$ dpkg -i dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu14_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i dselect_1.14.5ubuntu14_amd64.deb

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pivotter (pivotter) wrote on 2007-09-20:

Maybe:
Its just because dpkg_1.4.5ubuntu14_*.deb and dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu14_amd64.deb are not the same ? (the first is 1.4.5, the second 1.14.5 ) and somebody forgot a 1. in the installer list ?

Pivotter

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Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2007-11-21:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 140739, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.