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
>


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