Re: Bug #84829: tar.gz doesn't unpack

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Colin Watson wrote:

> Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu> wrote:
> >I received a bizarre bug report a few days ago, saying that the source .tar.gz
> >for my package doesn't unpack on MIPS, then the guy repeated the problem on
> >i386.  The md5sums are right, so I have no clue why it isn't working for him.
> >"apt-get source evolver" works just fine for me on i386 potato, alpha woody
> >and sid, ARM woody and PPC sid.
>
> And i386 sid, for what it's worth - I even tried from the same mirror.

Cool.

> Is he working over NFS, or some other bizarrely unreliable filesystem?

Good question, I'll ask.

> It certainly doesn't seem like a problem with your package.

Thanks much.

-Adam P.

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