I have had exactly the same problems with the same packages off the Tri-Linux CD. Looks like the CD image is a bit dodgey.
>---------- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 20 June 1997 23:01 >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Cc: The recipient's address is unknown. >Subject: dpkg reports problems with package files > >I installed Debian 1.3 from the recent Tri-Linux CD. When dselect was going >through the packagesin the Install step, the following error message was >reported: > >dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in >/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/stable/binary/sound/timidity-patches_0.1-1.deb >dpkg: error processing >/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/stable/binary/sound/timidity-patches_0.1-1.deb >(--install): > subprocess dpkg-deb -- control returned error exit status 2 > >I got the same error for each of the following packages: > > gnat_3.09-1 > lesstif-dev_0.76-1 > lesstif-dbg_0.76-1 > lesstif-bin_0.76-1 > timidity-patches_0.1-1 > xbooks_3.2-6 > >Fortunately, I wasn't trying to install any of the above. My questions are: > >* Is this a problem with the package file, the CD, dpkg, or something else? > >* Should this be reported somewhere, or is it a well-known problem (or maybe > not a problem at all)? > >* Is there some place where I can get an errata of known problems for 1.3? > (I ran into 2 others; one was a problem with the serial module which I > finally figured out how to fix after nearly a week, and a problem with > xdm reporting "invalid login" for valid passwords. I found a possible > solution to that one by searching the debian mailing lists; I'll try it > as soon as I send this message and leave Windows95. :-)) > >Thanks. > >- Ed > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
