[Bug 839399] Re: package bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash is already installed and configured

[Raphaël Hertzog]

Can you show us the output of "ls -al /usr/share/doc/bash" ?

The real error is this one but it looks weird that dpkg is unable to
create that file... the only idea is that /usr/share/doc/bash has been
replaced by something that's not a directory and I want to verify that
with the output of the above command.

Preparing to replace bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 (using
.../bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement bash ...

Replaced by files in installed package bash-completion ...

dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack):

 unable to create `/usr/share/doc/bash/NEWS.gz.dpkg-new' (while
processing `./usr/share/doc/bash/NEWS.gz'): No such file or directory

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to
provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode.

Processing triggers for menu ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.2-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb

dpkg: error processing bash (--configure):

 package bash is already installed and configured

Errors were encountered while processing:

 bash

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Title:
  package bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
  package bash is already installed and configured

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  During update-manager -d updating to oneric beta from natty,
  a dialog box told me that bash failed to install.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bash 4.2-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep  2 10:22:09 2011
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package bash is already installed and configured
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-01 (0 days ago)

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