Solved: dpkg-deb: failed to exec tar: Too many levels of symbolic links

[stavel@brailcom.org]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:

    Colin> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:59:15PM +0200,
    Colin> stavel@brailcom.org wrote:
    >> I can't install anything:
    >> 
    >> root@3[root]# dpkg -i
    >> /usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.20_10.00.Custom_i386.deb dpkg-deb
    >> (subprocess): failed to exec tar: Too many levels of symbolic
    >> links dpkg-deb: subprocess tar returned error exit status 2
    >> dpkg: error processing
    >> /usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.20_10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
    >> subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
    >> Errors were encountered while processing:
    >> /usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.20_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

    Colin> Do you have star installed? The developer IRC channel
    Colin> currently thinks that this is due to
    Colin> http://bugs.debian.org/#190415.

Thanks for your advice.

I have deinstalled package star and dpkg works!

This is a good experience.
I have tried google, this didn't show anything.

Next I will try to search even debian bugs to find problem :-)

Thanks for problem solving lesson :-)


        :-)
-- 
      Jan Stavel