[Bug 363191] Re: dpkg - failed in buffer_read

[Brian Murray]

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!

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Tags added: short-read

** Tags added: gutsy

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Title:
  dpkg - failed in buffer_read

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  any package upgrade fails with failed in buffer read error.  This
  problem occurs with 8.10 and the 9.04 beta upgrade process

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  Dependencies:
   libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu12
   gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
   findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
   libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  ErrorMessage: package libc6 is already installed and configured
  Package: libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
  SourcePackage: glibc
  Title: package libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6 is already installed and configured
  Uname: Linux 2.6.25-2-386 i686

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