[Bug 1756238] Re: gdebi-gtk broken in 18.04 error: unable to read filedescriptor flags

[Iain Lane]

** Changed in: vte2.91 (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  gdebi-gtk broken in 18.04 error: unable to read filedescriptor flags

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in vte2.91 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in vte2.91 source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When using gdebi-gtk to install a .deb the install fails with the
  message:-

  dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status
  and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor

  This only occurs via the gdebi-gtk GUI front end, packages install perfectly if done via the CLI with:
  sudo gdebi /path/to/packagename.deb

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