package openssh-client None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-client.list] failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version

Bug #245265 reported by PowerByte
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Bug Description

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libfaad2-0 libmp4v2-0 gftp-common libx264-54 linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic
  linux-headers-2.6.24-16
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  openssh-blacklist openssh-client openssh-server
Suggested packages:
  keychain libpam-ssh molly-guard rssh
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openssh-blacklist openssh-client openssh-server ssh
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3100kB of archives.
After this operation, 6722kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main openssh-client 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 [720kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main openssh-blacklist 0.1-1ubuntu0.8.04.1 [2124kB]
Get:3 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main openssh-server 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 [254kB]
Get:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main ssh 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 [1084B]
Fetched 3100kB in 1min23s (37.3kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 178876 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openssh-client (from .../openssh-client_1%3a4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-client_1%3a4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package openssh-blacklist.
Unpacking openssh-blacklist (from .../openssh-blacklist_0.1-1ubuntu0.8.04.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package openssh-server.
Unpacking openssh-server (from .../openssh-server_1%3a4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ssh.
Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2_all.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-client_1%3a4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 3 11:49:18 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: openssh-client None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-client.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-client None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-client.list] failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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PowerByte (powerb) wrote :
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Nicolas Valcarcel (nvalcarcel) wrote :

 unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

Did you change the permissions of ssh? It seems to me that is a problem on the privileges more than a Bug. Marking as incomplete until the reporter gives more information that changes this.

Changed in openssh:
status: New → Incomplete
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in openssh:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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