On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
Michael Gaertner writes (Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a
deb-format-archive)):
Package: shadow
Version: 960530-1
with dpkg 1.2.13elf:
./shadow_960530-1_i386.deb
prints:
dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive
Did you download it in binary mode ? It looks OK on the mirror here.
If your file is corrupted could you send it to me, uuencoded, and I'll
try to make dpkg-deb spot this rather common mistake.
Sorry, I rm'd it.
Ian.
The maintainer can close this bugreport. I got a fresh one from
feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de and this time all works well.
Michael Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel/Fax +49-761-32684
