Bug#642454: marked as done (dpkg-deb: file [file] contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz, giving up)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: libc6-dbg
Version: 2.13-21_amd64
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Dear Maintainer,
on trying to install valgrind on sid, the installation of the required package
libc6-dbg fails with the following error message both when using apt-get
to retrieve the package and when manually downloading from a mirror
Unpacking libc6-dbg (from libc6-dbg_2.13-21_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg-deb: file `libc6-dbg_2.13-21_amd64.deb' contains ununderstood data
member data.tar.xz , giving up
dpkg: error processing libc6-dbg_2.13-21_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6-dbg_2.13-21_amd64.deb
Regards,
MMW
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libc6-dbg depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-21
libc6-dbg recommends no packages.
libc6-dbg suggests no packages.
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--- Begin Message ---
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:15:46AM +0100, Max maria Wacholder wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this bug can be closed. I had dpkg pinned at an old version. After updating dpkg, it now works. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused.
>
> Regards,
> M.
>
> PS: I used an anonymous mailbin for the original bugreport. I'm the original bug reporter, this time from a proper e-mail address.
Ok, closing the bug with this mail.
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