Today I found I can't install the updates on my 10.04 system and the error given was:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown group 'root' in statoverride file But this is not included in the /var/log/* files and you can't copy & paste from the update manager! The contents of my file are: root mlocate 2755 /usr/bin/mlocate root root 4755 /sbin/unix_chkpwd hplip root 755 /var/run/hplip I have seen a thread about hplib and a similar error message (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186487) from 2006 but why is it still happening 4 years later!? The suggestion there is to remove by the command: dpkg-statoverride --remove /var/run/hplip But guess what? It gives the same error message: dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown group 'root' in statoverride file This is a serious error as it is preventing security related updates from being installed, and the average user should simply NOT have this sort of thing to deal with. -- dpkg-statoverride should not consider unknown group a "syntax error" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593615 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
