Package: alien Version: 8.74 Severity: normal Alien cannot convert some RPM packages due to a change in rpm, which renders rpm2cpio not working anymore.
For example : $ sudo alien -v -g swimpomuk-0.1-0.112.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm mkdir swimpomuk-0.1 chmod 755 swimpomuk-0.1 rpm2cpio swimpomuk-0.1-0.112.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm | (cd swimpomuk-0.1; cpio --extract --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames --preserve-modification-time) 2>&1 Unpacking of 'swimpomuk-0.1-0.112.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm' failed at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm line 155. find swimpomuk-0.1 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ; rm -rf swimpomuk-0.1 See #509444 for a workaround. Hope this helps. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-openvz-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages alien depends on: ii cpio 2.9-15 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii debhelper 7.0.17 helper programs for debian/rules ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii rpm 4.4.2.3-1 Red Hat package manager alien recommends no packages. Versions of packages alien suggests: ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii lintian 2.2.6 Debian package checker pn lsb-rpm <none> (no description available) ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org