[Bug 541595] Re: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured

[Brian Murray]

While not a test case mvo mentions the following in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/672848/comments/2:

"Here is the error:

dpkg: ../../src/filesdb.c:528: findnamenode: Assertion `(*pointerp)->name[0] == '/'' failed.
dpkg: error processing libssl0.9.8 (--configure):
 package libssl0.9.8 is already installed and configured"

and:

"So first the unpack failed, then the apt got confused over the
subsequent needed configures"

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Title:
  [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already
  installed and configured

Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  For yet unknown reasons packages fail to install with an error like:

  dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
   package flashplugin-installer is already installed and configured

  without further error.
  This is a "one time" failure. Another run of the installation doesn't produce any error.

  Users reporting this error are also experiencing bug 545790 and bug
  545738 .

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Mar 19 00:09:06 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu3
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686

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