Comment 3 for bug 1261117

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Re: Upgrade of smbclient fails

This error:

Unpacking replacement smbclient ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed to read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error

Indicates that the package has become corrupt on disk somehow. I'd first try removing the package from the cache by using apt-get clean, and then try apt-get -f install. The fact that the package became corrupt may be indicative a problem with your hard disk or memory though.