[Bug 1246730] Re: dependency_links.txt.dpkg-new': No such file or directory

[Michael Vogt]

** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  dependency_links.txt.dpkg-new': No such file or directory

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gyp” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “dpkg” source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in “gyp” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Using trusty, I get the following error upgrading:

  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages have been kept back:
    libdb-dev
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    gyp
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  826 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/254 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 34,8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
  (Reading database ... 717319 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace gyp 0.1~svn1654-1 (using .../gyp_0.1~svn1729-3_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement gyp ...
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gyp_0.1~svn1729-3_all.deb (--unpack):
   unable to open '/usr/share/pyshared/gyp-0.1.egg-info/dependency_links.txt.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
  No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
                                                                                           Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/gyp_0.1~svn1729-3_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gyp 0.1~svn1654-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 31 14:49:00 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-03 (270 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gyp
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-31 (0 days ago)

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