[Bug 519904] [NEW] package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

[samih]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

Failed during normal upgrade process.

Aptitude gives following output:
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nnn at nnn:~$ sudo aptitude upgrade
[sudo] password for nnn: 
W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libsmbclient samba-common winbind 
3 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6,417kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 17:47:39 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: samba
Tags:  ubuntu-unr
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386 ubuntu-unr

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package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519904
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