error setting ownership of symlink

[Dirk Luetjens <dirk@post.lfm.rwth-aachen.de>]

Hi,

I often get error like this while installing a package:

beta:# dpkg -i autoconf_2.12-9.deb 
(Reading database ... 33581 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking autoconf (from autoconf_2.12-9.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing autoconf_2.12-9.deb (--install):
 error setting ownership of symlink `usr/lib/autoconf/acconfig.h': No such file or directory
Segmentation fault


Any ideas?

Dirk
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