package dbconfig-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

Bug #471831 reported by HC
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dbconfig-common (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dbconfig-common

i was trying to install phpmyadmin using apt-get install phpmyadmin and thats the error it coughed up.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 2 22:10:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Package: dbconfig-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: dbconfig-common
Title: package dbconfig-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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HC (henrycoule) wrote :
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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Ho,

It looks to me that your deb files are corrupted. You might want to remove the relevant deb and try again.

Regards
chuck

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Relevant error:

Log started: 2009-11-02 22:10:53
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/dbconfig-common_1.8.41_all.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dbconfig-common_1.8.41_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

Changed in dbconfig-common (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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