On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote: > Michael Gaertner writes ("Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a > deb-format-archive)"): > > Package: shadow > > Version: 960530-1 > > > > with dpkg 1.2.13elf: > > > > ./shadow_960530-1_i386.deb > > > > prints: > > "dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive" > > Did you download it in binary mode ? It looks OK on the mirror here. > > If your file is corrupted could you send it to me, uuencoded, and I'll > try to make dpkg-deb spot this rather common mistake. Sorry, I rm'd it.
> > Ian. > The maintainer can close this bugreport. I got a fresh one from feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de and this time all works well. Michael Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel/Fax +49-761-32684