On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:22:47 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-06 22:52 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > OK, I am trying to test this fix, but I am having a hard time in > > simulating an unpack failure! :-/ > > > > Is there a reasonably simple way to make the unpack operation fail > > during a "dpkg -i package.deb" inside a throw-away sid chroot, without > > altering package.deb? > > No, but for this purpose you could temporary add some file to > apt-listbugs that is already in another package. Or create a local > package that shares files with apt-listbugs.
I created a local package with a file in common with apt-listbugs. This trick allowed me to reproduce the bug pointed out by Sven. And also to test the fix. Thanks a lot for your kind help, Sven! P.S.: I am in the process of changing e-mail address, so please note the Reply-To field, if any of you wants to reply to me... -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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