Because mysql takes not so much time to build compared to gcc4, I tried that one first with the new tar. On my system it build and installed without an error. Right now I am building gcc4. Once that is done in a couple of hours, I will let you know how it went.
- Koen. On Mar 3, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: > Could those of you who have or had the dpkg-deb failure caused by > tar-1.16.1 claiming > > "file changed as we read it" > > please help with debugging this? Based on the outcome of these > tests, we should be able to decide whether we need to patch tar or > dpkg, or whether we need to dig further down. > > I have made a special version of the tar executable that prints > some more information if this error appears. It prints the old/new > ctimes and the old/new file sizes. The special version is a > universal binary (so it should work on both ppc and intel) and is > available at http://perso.orange.fr/costabel/tar.gz > > A possible test procedure to follow would be: > > 1. Download the new tar: > > curl -O http://perso.orange.fr/costabel/tar.gz > gunzip tar.gz > chmod +x tar > mv tar /var/tmp/ > > 2. Replace (temporarily) Fink's tar by the new one > > sudo ln -sf /var/tmp/tar /sw/bin/tar > > 3. Build one of the packages that give you the tar error (mysql, > gcc42, gnumeric were among those where the error was reported). > Cross your fingers that the error will happen again ;-) > > 4. Report to the list the part of the error message that is printed > after the "file changed as we read it" line. > > 5. Put Fink's tar back to where it was before > > sudo ln -sf gtar /sw/bin/tar > > Thanks > > -- > Martin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
