Bug#2330: Xpm -- Problem unpacking control info

["brian (b.c.) white" <bcwhite@bnr.ca>]

I'm trying to unpack the new Xpm libs and get the following problems:

callandor:16 - /tmp# dpkg --install xpm4.7-*

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error processing xpm4.7-3.4g-1.deb (--install):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error processing xpm4.7-dev-3.4g-1.deb (--install):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xpm4.7-3.4g-1.deb
 xpm4.7-dev-3.4g-1.deb


I verified both packages against the MD5SUM in the "Packages" file and
they match.

I used "dpkg-deb" to check around and it seems that it is the control
info that is failing.  I looked for a new version of "dpkg", but .17
hasn't made it into the distribution yet and nowhere can I find an
Incoming directory that I can download from.

                                        Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@bnr.ca )

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