[pkg-bacula-devel] [Bug 1903597] [NEW] bacula 9.6.5-2 common breakage

[Sven Hartge]

Hello,

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> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/bacula-common_9.6.5-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>   unable to install new version of '/usr/libexec/bacula/bsmtp': No such file or directory

I have never before seen this error at this stage. There must be 
something very strange with that system going on.

Why would dpkg throw "No such file or directory" for a file from inside 
a package while unpacking said package?

The only relevant hints I can find about this are about problems with 
usr-merged systems where a package moved a file from /lib/foobar to 
/usr/lib/foobar which are the same on a usr-merged system.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953537

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/fix-libpng12-0-missing-in-ubuntu-1804.html

But that is not the case with /usr/libexec/bacula/bsmtp.

I am mystified.

Grüße,
Sven.