> travis wrote: > The problems I have are with psnfss-5.2-1.deb and the > bind-4.9.3-P1-2.deb during the dselect installation. psnfss-5.2-1.deb > throws out at me the following lines during unpacking: > > Unpacking psnfss (from .../debian/stable/binary/tex/psnfss-5.2-1.deb) ... > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because you used --force: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/OMLhlh.fd', which is > alsot > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because you used --force: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/OMShlh.fd', which is > alsot > dpkg: error processing /root/debian/stable/binary/tex/psnfss-5.2-1.deb > (--insta: > corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive > This also happened to me the other day but I didn't have time to try several mirrors, just the one I was using.
> I ftp'd it from two mirrors and debian.org as well, still ended > with the same problem. Since all I used was dselect on the package I can > only assume it would be a structural error with the package itself. With > the bind package: > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/bind.postinst: _: command not found > dpkg: error processing bind (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Don't know about this one, I don't use it. > > I would think this would also to be a distribution error. I surely haven't > had much experience with the details of dpkg or dselect, inevitably that's > where I am headed. But until I become the true debian package mastermind, > has anyone successfully installed (or come into error with) > psnfss-5.2-1.deb? And, are the scripts in /var/lib/dpkg/info from the > packages themselves (I could only imagine they would be) or do they live > somewhere else? > Luis.
