Benjamin Esham wrote:
> >Since this seems to be recurring, it would be better if we could find
> >the true reason for this problem. Benjamin, could you try to reinstall
> >the packages
> >
> >tar
> >gzip
> >gettext
> >libiconv
> >
> >and try after each one whether the problem goes away?
I was fishing in the dark here, and it seems this isn't good advice,
because you can't install anything, because something is broken,...
> dpkg: error processing
>/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb
> (--install):
> failed to open package info file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' for reading: No
>such file or directory
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
>/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb
> ### dpkg failed, exit code 1
I think this is the same problem as for tar: dpkg uses gzip or some
libintl or libiconv or zlib to extract the control file from the deb,
and since this doesn't work, it gives you the error above.
So it seems some essential component is not working and what is
exasperating, not giving any error message! And in addition, this seems
to happen to several people. We really should try to figure this out,
but it's hard to find the right angle of attack.
> Should I do the same as tar for the gzip package and install it manually? I'm not
>sure about that one, because I'm fairly certain that I couldn't reinstall gzip if I
>fubar'd it, which I probably would.
Could you, just for testing purposes, remove (not erase, just rename)
fink's gzip and/or tar, and try again, or try to find out which
combinations of tar and gzip are working?
The problem is that there is not only Fink's vs Apple's tar, but there
is also bsd tar vs gnutar.
I see the following
green:martinc% ll /usr/bin/{g*zip*,*tar}
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 181532 Dec 21 11:23 /usr/bin/gnutar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 64324 Dec 21 11:22 /usr/bin/gunzip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 64324 Dec 21 11:22 /usr/bin/gzip
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5082 Apr 3 04:21 /usr/bin/phptar
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 99104 Dec 21 11:22 /usr/bin/tar
green:martinc% ll /sw/bin/{g*zip*,*tar}
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 4 Apr 20 16:07 /sw/bin/gnutar
-> gtar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 524060 Oct 2 2001 /sw/bin/gtar
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root unknown 70036 Apr 3 20:51 /sw/bin/gunzip
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root unknown 70036 Apr 3 20:51 /sw/bin/gzip
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 4 Apr 20 16:07 /sw/bin/tar -> gtar
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Martin
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