[Bug 1756238] Re: gdebi-gtk broken in 18.04 error: unable to read filedescriptor flags

[Egmont Koblinger]

Which, of course, raises the question:

- Is gdebi doing something wrong? Is there an alternative approach provided by VTE, which gdebi should start using instead?
- Does VTE really lack a feature that is required by gdebi, so VTE should add?
- Did VTE perhaps reject adding this feature (if so, why?), hence the need for the patch?

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Title:
  gdebi-gtk broken in 18.04 error: unable to read filedescriptor flags

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in vte2.91 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When using gdebi-gtk to install a .deb the install fails with the
  message:-

  dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status
  and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor

  This only occurs via the gdebi-gtk GUI front end, packages install perfectly if done via the CLI with:
  sudo gdebi /path/to/packagename.deb

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