Re: dpkg-repack 1.0 bug?

1999-10-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 01:11:52AM -, Pollywog wrote:
 dpkg-repack: Errors were encountered in processing.
 dpkg-repack: The package may not unpack correctly.
 
 Is this a bug?  It certainly is not a feature.


I assume you are doing this in your home directory. It's caused by
the directories it's creating retaining the s+g bit from your homedir.
I suggest you use dpkg-repack in /tmp.

Ben


Re: dpkg-repack 1.0 bug?

1999-10-15 Thread David Coe
Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 01:11:52AM -, Pollywog wrote:
  dpkg-repack: Errors were encountered in processing.
  dpkg-repack: The package may not unpack correctly.
  
  Is this a bug?  It certainly is not a feature.
 
 I assume you are doing this in your home directory. It's caused by
 the directories it's creating retaining the s+g bit from your homedir.
 I suggest you use dpkg-repack in /tmp.

(But don't leave them there after they've been built, because /tmp
normally gets cleaned when you reboot.)