[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#848413: dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 01:49:41PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> After an update on a powerpc machine I get:
> 
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/dirmngr_2.1.16-3_powerpc.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> 
> A reinstall via apt gets the same error.

downgrading dpkg to the version from testing makes dirmngr install
fine again. I think this is a bug in dpkg-maintscript-helper. I have
reported #848422 to this regard, and I recommend leaving this bug
report filed against dirmngr to prevent duplicates.

Greetings
Marc

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