[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 512590] Re: Broken package breaks dpkg, package managers

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

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** Changed in: libphysfs (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Broken package breaks dpkg,  package managers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512590
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Status in “libphysfs” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
libphyfs1  2.0.0-3 .deb  for amd-64 seems broken. It "installs" but then prevents dpkg from running correctly.
It will not uninstall, either

dpkg reports  "dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-removal script "

I had to manually remove libphysfs1 section from /var/lib/dpkg/status to get dpkg to work correctly again.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 25 15:15:51 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libphysfs1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: libphysfs
Title: package libphysfs1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64