Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error

1999-03-30 Thread Robbie Huffman
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 10:50:12PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.1 > I installed the sources that way, compiled them, and then used make-dpkg to get a deb package. But dpkg won't install the resulting deb. Is there a way to coerce apt into installing a local file

Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error

1999-03-30 Thread John Galt
apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.1 On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Robbie Huffman wrote: > Regarding: > > > dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-2.2.5_Boris.1.0_i386.deb > > > (--install): > > > subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 > > On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 09:21:46PM -0

Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error

1999-03-30 Thread Robbie Huffman
Regarding: > > dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-2.2.5_Boris.1.0_i386.deb (--install): > > subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 09:21:46PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > I did--I got around it with apt: don't ask me how, it just worked. IIRC

Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error

1999-03-30 Thread John Galt
I did--I got around it with apt: don't ask me how, it just worked. IIRC dselect also worked the one time I tried during my dpkg hiatus. It ironed itself out in time and possibly updates, but I can't remember if dpkg or gzip got updated since then :( On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Robbie Huffman wrote:

HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error

1999-03-30 Thread Robbie Huffman
This is an urgent plea for help! The problem is one I've experienced sporadically since I started with Debian several months back. Some packages won't install, giving an error such as this one: gzip: stdout: Broken pipe dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error proces