[Bug 631290] Re: [maverick] unable to install deb packages

[Raphaël Hertzog]

The problem is in gdebi which supplies an invalid file descriptor to
dpkg.

** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => gdebi (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  [maverick] unable to install deb packages

Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  This is the error gdebi-gtk displays: "dpkg: unable to read file
  descriptor flags for <package status and program file descriptor>: Bad
  file descriptor"

  One of the deb packages I can't install:
  http://getswiftfox.com/builds/current/swiftfox-athlon64.deb

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep  6 00:06:33 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg

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