Thanks to a patch written by vasi, there is now an experimental version of dpkg which should be compatible with the new tar, that is, it should not die even if tar encounters "file changed as we read it". I would appreciate some testing on this, particularly from those of you who managed to generate the error fairly reliably in the past.
The experimental dpkg.info and dpkg.patch files (tuned for 10.4) can be found in CVS at experimental/dmrrsn . Thanks, Dave On Mar 3, 2007, at 12:52 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 > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
