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Re: dpkg-repack 1.0 bug?



On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 01:11:52AM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> dpkg-repack: Errors were encountered in processing.
> dpkg-repack: The package may not unpack correctly.
> 
> Is this a bug?  It certainly is not a feature.


I assume you are doing this in your home directory. It's caused by
the directories it's creating retaining the s+g bit from your homedir.
I suggest you use dpkg-repack in /tmp.

Ben


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