[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#848511: dirmngr: fails to install: dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty

[Sven Joachim]

Control: reassign -1 dpkg
Control: merge 848422 -1

On 2016-12-17 21:58 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

> Package: dirmngr
> Version: 2.1.16-3
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As
> per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
> a release, thus the severity.
>
>>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>   Selecting previously unselected package dirmngr.
>   Preparing to unpack .../48-dirmngr_2.1.16-3_i386.deb ...
>   dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: dpkg: error: version '' has bad syntax: version string is empty
>   dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-P10DjX/48-dirmngr_2.1.16-3_i386.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

That's dpkg-maintscript-helper bug #848422.

Cheers,
       Sven