[Bug 840423] Re: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/filesdb.c:668: findnamenode: Assertion `(*pointerp)->name[0] == '/'' failed.

[Raphaël Hertzog]

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Title:
  dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/filesdb.c:668: findnamenode:
  Assertion `(*pointerp)->name[0] == '/'' failed.

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  All I know is that this is one of the many applications/daemons that
  crashed after I did an update.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0~ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  AssertionMessage: dpkg: ../../src/filesdb.c:668: findnamenode: Assertion `(*pointerp)->name[0] == '/'' failed.
  Date: Sat Sep  3 11:41:12 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/dpkg --force-overwrite --status-fd 14 --force-depends --force-remove-essential --remove libmusicbrainz3-6 libdiscid0 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic linux-headers-2.6.38-8
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  StacktraceTop:
   __kernel_vsyscall ()
   raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   __assert_fail () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ?? ()
  Title: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/filesdb.c:668: findnamenode: Assertion `(*pointerp)->name[0] == '/'' failed.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-09-03 (0 days ago)
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