Bug#147183: acknowledged by developer
Debian Bug Tracking System said:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #147183: spong-common: can't install package,
> which was filed against the dpkg package.
>
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is
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> Received: (at 147183-done) by bugs.debian.org; 10 Oct 2002 13:44:44
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>>From jdthood@yahoo.co.uk Thu Oct 10 08:44:44 2002
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> From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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> The fact that running tar (on anything) before running dpkg
> makes a difference indicates clearly that the problem was
> some sort of system flakiness.
>
> Closing. Please forgive me and reopen if you now think
> that there really is a bug in dpkg.
>
> --
> Thomas
Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a problem with the system and it's not dpkg's
fault.
--
Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator
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