Re: Problems with a big package
>>>>> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:23:32 +0200 (MET DST), ediaz@tsc.uvigo.es (Eduardo Diaz TSC) said:
Eduardo> Hi! I4ve just made a debian package with the ptolemy
Eduardo> software, but have found some problems. The whole
Eduardo> uncompressed package needs around 110 Mbs, and the ".deb"
Eduardo> uses 28Mbs (great compresion, isn4t it?). The problem
Eduardo> arises when trying to install it, as it gives out something
Eduardo> like
Eduardo> "corrupted filesystem tarfile"
Eduardo> You may think that the package is corrupted, but it is
Eduardo> not. Unpacking it manually (ar x ptolemy.deb; tar zxvf
Eduardo> data.tar.gz) works ok... but dpkg seems to be unable to
Eduardo> extract the files. It stops after the first 34 Mbs.
Eduardo> Is this a bug in dpkg or am I doing something wrong?
Eduardo> Please answer asap, as the release of this package is
Eduardo> urgent.
Until a real solution is found you might try breaking the package up
into parts. Splitting out docs, and any architecture independent
files (I don't know even if there are any, but anything that big...:)
from the main package may help.
Jim
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