Re: Problems unpacking dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb
>> > you miss the file /usr/info/dir. If you create an empty file (eg with
>> > touch /usr/info/dir) this error should vanish.
>>
>> I touched /usr/info/dir, and still no go :-(
>
>bad. i think, this is a bug in dpkg. here is the dir file
>which is provided by the base package (in postrm if someone
>searches for it... ;-). it's uuencoded because there are some
>control sequences in it.
>
>...
>
>tell me if this works. if so, i include this in the How-to-join.
>(if not... grml ;-)
Hi!
I think dpkg will run with this file but the dir file contains a
directory file for the info browser of the texinfo system. So You
may run into problems using 'info'.
Many days ago I had the same problems and found a little script
in a texinfo distribution. Running this script reads Your /usr/info
directory and creates a proper 'dir' file on it. Afterwards dpkg
did fine! :-)
I suppose using the above mentioned 'dir' dpgk will work fine
also but running 'info' you'll get some links to info pages Your
filesystem does not include!
I don't remember the name of the script ... long time ... and my
Amiga is at home ...
But I'll look for it and post it here if I hadn't deleted it yet.
Bye
Frank
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