Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a deb-format-archive)
Michael Gaertner writes ("Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a deb-format-archive)"):
> Package: shadow
> Version: 960530-1
>
> with dpkg 1.2.13elf:
>
> ./shadow_960530-1_i386.deb
>
> prints:
> "dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive"
Did you download it in binary mode ? It looks OK on the mirror here.
If your file is corrupted could you send it to me, uuencoded, and I'll
try to make dpkg-deb spot this rather common mistake.
Ian.
-chiark:debian> md5sum project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb 7424ba0389551c0bcfe7cce56c7874d9 project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb
-chiark:debian> dpkg -I project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 265880 bytes: control archive= 758 bytes.
34 bytes, 2 lines conffiles
501 bytes, 13 lines control
327 bytes, 20 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh
171 bytes, 11 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh
Package: shadow
Version: 960530-1
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Description: Manage shadow password and group files
Shadow passwords shadow the passwords from the /etc/passwd file into
the /etc/shadow file. Thus only root is (ideally) able to read the
encrypted passwords.
Depends: libc5 (>=5.2.18-9)
Architecture: i386
Replaces: login,passwd,miscutils
Conflicts: sudo (<<1.4.1-1), wu-ftpd (<<2.4-20), netstd (<<2.04-1), xlockmore (<<3.9-0)
Section: experimental
Priority: extra
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