Why is dpkg trying to write a file '//..dpkg-tmp'?

I'm having a problem with dpkg installing packages, but first I need to explain my setup a bit. I have a failover system setup as follows on my machine. 1. The root / filesystem boots as read-only (squashfs). 2. The following directories are symlinked to /failover/system/[dirname] /bin /boot /

Re: Why is dpkg trying to write a file '//..dpkg-tmp'?

Hi! On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 17:38:21 -0400, sepero...@gmx.com wrote: > I'm having a problem with dpkg installing packages, but first I need to > explain my setup a bit. > > I have a failover system setup as follows on my machine. […] > So now onto my problem- When I try to install software, I get