Debian Bug report logs - #18511
corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive for locally made .debs

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Pocock <daniel@vmore.org.au>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Unable to install packages

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:29:43 +1100 (EST)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.10 (i386 elf)

bell# dpkg --version
Debian Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.4.0.19 (i386 elf).
Copyright 1994-1996 Ian Jackson, Bruce Perens.  This is free software;
see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying
conditions.  There is NO warranty.  See dpkg --licence for details.

I have created a package exec.deb using the command
bell# dpkg --build exec

which completes without any errors.  When I try to install the package, I
get this message, which does not appear to be documented anywhere:

bell# dpkg -i exec.deb
(Reading database ... 25477 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking executor (from exec.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing exec.deb (--install):
 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 exec.deb

This has happened with several packages that I have tried to create now.
Only once have I successfully made and then installed a package.

I get the same error on two different machines as well.

Message #10 received at 18511@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>

To: 18511@bugs.debian.org, Daniel Pocock <daniel@vmore.org.au>

Subject: more info on your bug report...

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:06:26 -0400

Could you give me a little more info on your bug report #18511 please. Are
you able to reproduce this with a current version of dpkg? If so could you
send me an example of the directory you are trying to build (tar.gz of the
directory would be fine, small please), so I can try to reproduce this and
be sure it's not a problem in the setup (note, I've tried building packages
this way a lot of times, with no problems).

Thanks,
  Ben

Message #21 received at 18511@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>

To: 18511-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 18511@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: 18511 -- more info please

Date: 09 Oct 2002 10:00:37 +0200

This bug can't be addressed unless more information is
provided.

Message #29 received at 18511-quiet@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Daniel Pocock" <daniel@skysoft.com.au>

To: "'Thomas Hood'" <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>, <18511-quiet@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: RE: Bug#18511: 18511 -- more info please

Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:28:07 +1000

This was some time ago, I don't recall the exact details anymore.  You
can safely delete this bug report.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Hood [mailto:jdthood@yahoo.co.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2002 6:01 PM
> To: 18511-submitter@bugs.debian.org; 18511@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Bug#18511: 18511 -- more info please
> 
> 
> This bug can't be addressed unless more information is provided.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Message #34 received at 18511-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>

To: 18511-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: closing 18511

Date: 09 Oct 2002 19:00:32 +0200

The submitter wrote:
> This was some time ago, I don't recall the exact details
> anymore.  You can safely delete this bug report.

OK; closing.

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