Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error
I did--I got around it with apt: don't ask me how, it just worked. IIRC
dselect also worked the one time I tried during my dpkg hiatus. It ironed
itself out in time and possibly updates, but I can't remember if dpkg or
gzip got updated since then :(
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Robbie Huffman wrote:
>
> This is an urgent plea for help! The problem is one I've experienced
> sporadically since I started with Debian several months back. Some packages
> won't install, giving an error such as this one:
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-2.2.5_Boris.1.0_i386.deb (--install):
> subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> ../kernel-image-2.2.5_Boris.1.0_i386.deb
>
>
> Currently, I'm trying to upgrade to a 2.2.5 kernel in order to fix many
> problems on my system related to hardware. The kernel compiles fine, and
> make-kpkg gives me a nice deb. But as you can see by the error above, dpkg
> can't install it. I *can* use "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile filename > new.tar"
> and get a perfectly fine tarfile.
>
> I've taken this to #debian and to bugtraq. But nobody has encountered
> this problem before. I'm hoping someone on the list has, and can help. Or
> at the very least, someone can suggest a way for me to install the package
> using an alternate method. I'd hate to just jam the kernel into the system,
> and upset some precarious balance in the packaging system.
>
> All help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Robbie
>
>
>
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