[Bug 1363519] Re: start-stop-daemon fails debsums check

[Mark Grocock]

I'm seeing the exact same thing. On a fresh Ubuntu Server 14.04.1
install:

root at server1:~# md5sum /sbin/start-stop-daemon
b1b8894ae2e3b547dca0e288634cce4a  /sbin/start-stop-daemon
root at server1:~# apt-get install --reinstall dpkg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 1,954 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main dpkg amd64 1.17.5ubuntu5.3 [1,954 kB]
Fetched 1,954 kB in 0s (6,556 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 71661 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dpkg (1.17.5ubuntu5.3) over (1.17.5ubuntu5.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Setting up dpkg (1.17.5ubuntu5.3) ...
root at server1:~# md5sum /sbin/start-stop-daemon
6a1ece8cbbe7d816dcdd83e79e837605  /sbin/start-stop-daemon

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Title:
  start-stop-daemon fails debsums check

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After fresh install from 14.04.1-amd64-dvd - debsums -c results in: /sbin/start-stop-daemon. I checked dpkg package with dpkg -s dpkg and got: Status: install ok installed, Version: 1.17.5ubuntu5.3 (the latest version) but when I did md5sum /sbin/start-stop-daemon, I got b1b8894ae2e3b547dca0e288634cce4a, which is md5sum for start-stop-daemon from dpkg version 1.17.5ubuntu5!
  I confirmed the problem in Ubuntu/Xubuntu 14.04.1-i386 (VirtualBox) - the same case - latest version of dpkg package contains older version of start-stop-daemon. I guess this is the same problem I reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/live-build/+bug/1150737. I fixed the problem with sudo apt-get install --reinstall dpkg - simple if You know about it, otherwise You have outdated/buggy/ package/system...
  Rgds!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Aug 30 23:47:41 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-07 (23 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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