[Bug 978587] [NEW] dpkg should recover more gracefully from decompressing errors

[Janne Jokitalo]

Public bug reported:

Upon upgrading to libreoffice-core 3.5.2 version, I stumbled upon what
seems to be a bad download issue:

Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu5 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/': No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4': No such file or directory
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-core ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal bzip2 read error: 'DATA_ERROR'
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

I was asked to file a bug about it, as it might be possible for dpkg to
recover from that more gracefully.

Further information upon requests.

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dpkg should recover more gracefully from decompressing errors

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Upon upgrading to libreoffice-core 3.5.2 version, I stumbled upon what
  seems to be a bad download issue:

  Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu5 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/': No such file or directory
  rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4': No such file or directory
  Unpacking replacement libreoffice-core ...
  dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal bzip2 read error: 'DATA_ERROR'
  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

  I was asked to file a bug about it, as it might be possible for dpkg
  to recover from that more gracefully.

  Further information upon requests.

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