Bug#424185: apt-utils: Invalid archive signature

[Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>]

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 06:00:24PM -0300, Savio Ramos wrote:
> Package: apt-utils
> Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I can't create a complete archive "Packages" because:
> 
> # apt-ftparchive packages ./ > Packages
> E: Invalid archive signature
> E: Errors apply to file './gcompris-data_8.3.1-1_all.deb'
[..]

Can you please run:
$ file ./gcompris-data_8.3.1-1_all.deb
and
$ hexdump -C -n 150 ./gcompris-data_8.3.1-1_all.deb

The error message sounds like the deb packages are corrupted for some
reason. 

Cheers,
 Michael