Debian Bug report logs - #15695
dpkg: corrupt .deb should abort upgrade

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adrian Bridgett <adrian.bridgett@poboxes.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: corrupt .deb should abort upgrade

Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 13:59:42 +0000

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.19

If there is a problem unpacking the .deb, then the postinst should *not* be
run IMO. I hate to think what would happen if I hadn't said no to the
following question (my hard disk could have been messed up).

Preparing to replace lilo 19-2 (using lilo_20-0.1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement lilo ...
dpkg: error processing lilo_20-0.1.deb (--install):
 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running /usr/sbin/liloconfig

LILO, the LInux LOader, sets up your system to boot Linux directly
from your hard disk, without the need for a boot floppy.

You already have a LILO configuration in the file /etc/lilo.conf
Install a boot block using your current LILO configuration? [Yes] n

Wipe out your old LILO configuration and make a new one? [No] n
No changes made.
Preparing to replace mpage 2.4-6 (using mpage_2.4-7.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mpage ...

Adrian

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Message #14 received at 15695-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 15695-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 121173-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 106224-quiet@bugs.debian.org

Subject: merge 15695 121173 106224

Date: 10 Oct 2002 12:56:34 +0200

merge 15695 121173 106224
thanks

Add these to the pile.  All the merged reports concern bad
handling of errors in the unpack phase.

15695:  corrupt .deb should abort upgrade
121173: Dpkg doesnt stop on errors that "ar x" reports

dpkg needs to be changed so that it:
1. validates the package archive before trying to unpack;
2. checks for disk space before trying to unpack;
3. fails gracefully if the package is corrupt, if not enough
   disk space is found, if the unpack returns an error, or
   the system runs out of disk space;
   ... in particular it should not run the postinst script ...
   ... and should delete any unpacked files.

--
Thomas Hood

Message #33 received at 15695@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>

To: Andrés Roldán <aroldan@debian.org>, 15695@bugs.debian.org, adrian.bridgett@poboxes.com

Subject: Not a dpkg bug

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:48:14 +0300

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unmerge 15695
reassign 15695 lilo
merge 15162 15965
kthxbye

This is another bug that's a copy of 15162, dpkg is informing the old
version that an upgrade to it was aborted -- and lilo's postinst is
failing to catch that particular postinst argument.

(ps. Andrés, as you can guess, you can just close these <g> -- we're
just drinking too much coke in our little BSP here and having fun)

Scott
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