Package: dpkg
Version: 1.18.4
Severity: normal
"dpkg -i" fails with an internal error when invoked on a directory. For
example,
root@debian:~# mkdir /tmp/cats
root@debian:~# dpkg -i /tmp/cats
dpkg-split: error: error reading /tmp/cats: Is a directory
dpkg:../../src/unpack.c:123:deb_reassemble: internal error: unexpected exit
status 2 from dpkg-split
Aborted
root@debian:~# echo $?
134
Instead of abort()ing, it should probably handle directories similarly
to how files that are not debian format archives are handled:
root@debian:~# touch /tmp/kitten
root@debian:~# dpkg -i /tmp/kitten
dpkg-deb: error: '/tmp/kitten' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/kitten (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/kitten
root@debian:~# echo $?
1
Thanks!
--
Robert Edmonds
edmo...@debian.org
