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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.17
.. and therefore can't unpack certain otherwise valid tarfiles. Of
course, perhaps BSD is making the tarfile in a wierd way, e.g, not
using GNU tar. ;-)
dpkg-source -b sendmail-8.8.6
dpkg-source: building sendmail using existing sendmail_8.8.6.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: error: tarfile `sendmail_8.8.6.orig.tar.gz' contains object
`sendmail-8.8.6/FAQ' but its containing directory `sendmail-8.8.6' does not
precede it
A comparison of the good and bad .orig:
# tar -zvvtf ../archive/sendmail.8.8.6.tar.gz
-r--r--r-- 1237/1000 563 1997-06-14 11:57 sendmail-8.8.6/FAQ
# tar -zvvtf ../*orig*
drwx------ 1237/root 0 1997-07-18 19:31 sendmail-8.8.6.orig/
-r-------- 1237/root 563 1997-06-14 11:57 sendmail-8.8.6.orig/FAQ
--------------------- PGP E4 70 6E 59 80 6A F5 78 63 32 BC FB 7A 08 53 4C
__ _ Debian GNU Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mm mm
/ /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ "netgod" irc.linpeople.org mm mm
/ / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / m m m
/ /__| | | | | |_| |> < Those who do not understand UNIX mm mm
\____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ are doomed to repeat it, poorly. GO BLUE
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Version: 1.9.14
This bug was fixed a long time ago by just disableing all the tar
checks.
Apparently nobody ever bothered to close it.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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