I just started having this problem myself in Jaunty. I have used dselect nearly every day since mid 1998 without problem until I started seeing this issue.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- dselect: failed to create baselist pad https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252001 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs