dpkg fails to install packages on Android 6.0

[bk2204]

On Android 6.0 on my Google Nexus 5X, the link(2) system call is disabled; it always fails with EACCES (link). dpkg requires the ability to hard link in order to make an atomic backup of the status file (function atomic_file_backup), and currently, packages cannot be installed because it cannot do so.

As a result, this package isn't very useful on Android 6.0. dpkg probably needs to be patched so that it can perform a copy when link(2) isn't available.

[pelya]

Could you try GNURoot app? They added link2symlink extension to proot in
their app some time ago.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 9:13 PM, brian m. carlson notifications@github.com
wrote:

On Android 6.0 on my Google Nexus 5X, the link(2) system call is disabled;
it always fails with EACCES (link)
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32365690/is-android-m-not-allowing-hard-links.
dpkg requires the ability to hard link in order to make an atomic backup of
the status file (function atomic_file_backup), and currently, packages
cannot be installed because it cannot do so.

As a result, this package isn't very useful on Android 6.0. dpkg probably
needs to be patched so that it can perform a copy when link(2) isn't
available.

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