Bug#740553: libqhull: -dev package uninstallable

[Sébastien Villemot]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible

Le dimanche 02 mars 2014 à 19:38 +0100, D Haley a écrit :
> Package: libqhull6
> Version: 2012.1-4
> Severity: grave
> File: libqhull
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> -dev package appears to contain zero-byte files. Dpkg reports the following
> 
> (Reading database ... 260712 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking libqhull-dev:amd64 (2012.1-4) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb (--install):
>  unable to open '/usr/include/libqhull/libqhull.h.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb
> 
> Attempting to force-all does nothing:
> 
> LANG=C sudo dpkg --force-all -i libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb 
> (Reading database ... 260712 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking libqhull-dev:amd64 (2012.1-4) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb (--install):
>  unable to install new version of `/usr/include/qhull/user.h': No such file or directory
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   libqhull-dev_2012.1-4_amd64.deb

I can't replicate your problem. Which file is of zero length? Are you
able to replicate the problem on another system/chroot?

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