Bug#147183: dpkg: problem temporarily resolved if I manually untar something

["Kurt Yoder" <kyoder@shcorp.com>]

Ben Collins said:
>> ...dpkg-deb: wait for tar failed: No child processes
>
> Have you manually installed some other tar program? Can you run dpkg
> through strace like this:
>
> # strace -f -o dpkg.strace dpkg <your normal options>
>
> and send us the output. I want to see what is happening with tar.
> Actually, try doing the command:
>
> # dpkg-deb --control foo.deb
>
> Use any random .deb package for this. This appears to be the actual
> command that fails. If you can reproduce it with that command, then use
> it in the same strace command shown above and send the "dpkg.out" file
> when you duplicate the failure.

Strangely enough, the problem seems to have disappeared (several successive
successful apt-get installs and removes). Perhaps this bug should be closed.
If it happens again, I will send another email with the information you have
requested.

-- 
Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator




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