No problems with gcc42. - Koen.
On Mar 10, 2007, at 5:00 PM, David R. Morrison wrote: > 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
