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ubuntu-docs package

package ubuntu-docs 9.04.9 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/gnome/help/about-ubuntu/ru/about-ubuntu.xml')

Bug #414237 reported by Doug Morgan
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

I just installed 9.04 x64 and was doing a first time update. I had an error during install that this might be related too but I don't remember what the error was.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/gnome/help/about-ubuntu/ru/about-ubuntu.xml')
Package: ubuntu-docs 9.04.9
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
Title: package ubuntu-docs 9.04.9 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/gnome/help/about-ubuntu/ru/about-ubuntu.xml')
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

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Doug Morgan (doug-morgan) wrote :
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

It's not obvious what has caused this error - it doesn't seem to be a problem with the ubuntu-docs package.

Could you try running this command from a terminal and paste the output here?

sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntu-docs_9.04.10_all.deb

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue, but the failure can be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. If this does resolve your bug please set its status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

tags: added: short-read
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Connor Imes (ckimes) 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 ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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