[Bug 871909] Re: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.

[Raphaël Hertzog]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 573696 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573696

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 871104
   dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 573696
   dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:763: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed. Aborted

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Title:
  dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject:
  Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu-docs installation gave this error so I had to remove it from
  /etc/apt/status and go ahead with upgrade.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  AssertionMessage: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Sat Oct  8 21:11:51 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 51 --unpack --auto-deconfigure /var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntu-docs_11.10.4_all.deb
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  StacktraceTop:
   raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   __assert_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ?? ()
   ?? ()
  Title: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-26 (13 days ago)
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