Ubuntu
net-tools package

package net-tools 1.60-17ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #231792 reported by Chris
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net-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: net-tools

Process of going through 8.04LTS from 7.10 upgrade fails on this package.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 19 03:21:02 2008
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7
 gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-2ubuntu7
 libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package net-tools is already installed and configured
Package: net-tools 1.60-17ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: net-tools
Title: package net-tools 1.60-17ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

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Chris (aerospyke) wrote :
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Chris (aerospyke) wrote :

Well the upgrade process failed and it said i had to restart.... and now it won't boot so it looks like I will have to rebuild clean (thank goodness for all backups taken!!)... I will report back with the reason its not booting perhaps for some help on trying again.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Here is the error:

Preparing to replace net-tools 1.60-17ubuntu2 (using .../net-tools_1.60-19ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement net-tools ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/net-tools_1.60-19ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of `./sbin/ifconfig' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Changed in net-tools:
status: New → Confirmed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: dist-upgrade
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