Is it a huge coincidence that my system has encountered the exact same behavior (including the same "bad" checksum) this morning when I attempted to update?
... (Reading database ... 518114 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libldap-2.4-2:i386 (from .../libldap-2.4-2_2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libldap-2.4-2_2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.2_i386.deb (--unpack): conffile './etc/ldap/ldap.conf' is not in sync with other instances of the same package No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libldap-2.4-2_2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.2_i386.deb ... sauer@hotrod:~$ dpkg-query -f='${PackageSpec}\t${Version}\n${Conffiles}\n' -W 'libldap-2.4-2:*' libldap-2.4-2 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.2 /etc/ldap/ldap.conf 7fac807f65d84394410881bc16f1198a libldap-2.4-2:i386 sauer@hotrod:~$ uname -a Linux hotrod 3.2.0-39-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 00:28:53 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux sauer@hotrod:~$ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994533 Title: difficult to recover a system when a conffile of a M-A: same package has a corrupted checksum To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/994533/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs