Bug#24630: dpkg: Serious unpacking bug
Some time around Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:10:04 PDT,
thrag@treepeople.dyn.ml.org wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.4.0.24
>
> I get this when trying to upgrade: (the slrnpull package also runs into
> the same kind of trouble). When it was just slrnpull I was inclined to
> believe that it was just a mucked up package there, but that these four
> failed and especially that the rest of the KDE stuff worked fine points
> to something more high level.
>
> If dpkg is in fact messed up, and it refuses to install a new dpkg, how
> should I go about replacing it?
>
> (Reading database ... 81806 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace kdesupport0g 2:980419-b4-1 (using
> kdesupport0g_980710-1.0-1.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement kdesupport0g ...
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error processing kdesupport0g_980710-1.0-1.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
Usually, this happens when a .deb is corrupted, e.g. it's not a complete
download, or maybe it's your mirror that has the corrupted copy.
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