[Bug 559127] Re: various packages failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of <some file> before installing new version: Input/output error

[TJ]

Additional debug info using dpkg -D7777 ...

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D000100: setupvnamevbs main='/boot' tmp='/boot.dpkg-tmp' new='/boot.dpkg-new'
D000100: tarobject already exists
D000100: tarobject directory exists
D000010: tarobject ti->name='./boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' mode=100644 owner=0:0 type=48(-) ti->linkname='' namenode='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' flags=2 instead='<non
e>'
D000100: setupvnamevbs main='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' tmp='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-tmp' new='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-new'
D000100: tarobject already exists
D000010: path_remove_tree '/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-new'
D000010: path_remove_tree '/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-tmp'
D000100: tarobject file open size=133889
D000100: tarobject file hash=2666c2e844c3e9ce3a7121842743ed95
D000100: tarobject nondirectory, 'link' backup
dpkg: error processing archive /var/local/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.5.0-v7+_4.5.0-v7+-2_armhf.deb (--install):
 unable to make backup link of './boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
D000010: cu_installnew '/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' flags=202
D000100: setupvnamevbs main='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+' tmp='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-tmp' new='/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-new'
D000100: cu_installnew not restoring
D000100: secure_remove '/boot/config-4.5.0-v7+.dpkg-new' unlink OK
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Title:
  various packages failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to
  make backup link of <some file> before installing new version:
  Input/output error

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Fresh installation of Beta 2, and I got this error while updating for
  the first time.  Hopefully any other necessary information will be
  automatically included, but if not, I'll gladly help debug however I
  can.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Apr  9 11:15:14 2010
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/doc/libglibmm-2.4-1c2a/README' before installing new version: Input/output error
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
  SourcePackage: glibmm2.4
  Title: package libglibmm-2.4-1c2a 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/doc/libglibmm-2.4-1c2a/README' before installing new version: Input/output error

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