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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.0.4ubuntu8

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apt (1.0.4ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium

  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - update string matching for dpkg I/O errors. (LP: #1363257)
    - properly parse the dpkg status line so that package name is properly set
      and an apport report is created. Thanks to Anders Kaseorg for the patch.
      (LP: #1353171)
 -- Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>   Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:15:17 -0700

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  string matching for dpkg I/O errors in dpkgpm.cc is out of date

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The following error strings are no longer returned by dpkg:

     io_errors.push_back(string("failed to read on buffer copy for %s"));
     io_errors.push_back(string("failed in write on buffer copy for %s"));
     io_errors.push_back(string("short read on buffer copy for %s"));

  Subsequently, apport package installation failures are being created
  for these types of crashes and they should not be.  Additionally,
  there is a new error returned by dpkg ("unexpected end of file or
  stream" as seen in bug 1361489) which should also be blocked.

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