> 3 files in dir to install sources: *.diff.gz, *.orig.tar.gz and *.dsc > > dpkg-source -x fails with: > > "diff patches file whose dir does not appear in tarfile" > > I could comment some lines in *.dsc for the dir specified in the > error message, but I don't > understand the formats. How does it work ? So I wanted to install the > man pages for "diff" which gives the same kind of error ! What do to ? >
The best fix is probably to install dpkg from unstable. But then you'd also have to install libc6 (from unstable). The problem you see is a problem found in the old dpkg (or was it dpkg-dev) packages. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) #what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .