At 12:41 7/10/2002 +0800, you wrote: >On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 12:34, Chris McCormick wrote: > > >You could try comparing straces of the dpkg command when it works and > > >when it doesn't work > > > > > >strace -fF dpkg -X packagename.deb /path/to/testdir 2>strace.output > > > > Excellent suggestion - at the moment I can't get it to run correctly ever > > though. :( > > > > running: > > strace -fF dpkg --unpack libc6_2.1.3-24_i386.deb > > doesn't tell me anything i can understand. if someone more knowledgable > > wants to look at the copy of the output i can send it to them. > >Can you dump it on a webpage and post the URL to the list?
Sure, http://203.59.70.242/strace_dpkg_output.txt Chris. ______________________________________________________ Chris McCormick - Systems Developer - PerthWeb Pty Ltd Internet Solutions for your business! Level 9/105 St George's Tc - Perth - Western Australia Ph: (08) 9226 1366 Fax: (08) 9226 1375 Visit Perth online! : www.perthweb.com.au PGP Key = http://www.perthweb.com.au/~chris/public.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]