Package: dpkg
Version: 1.16.1
Severity: normal
I installed dpkg 1.16.0.3 and tar 1.16-2. Both worked well.
I upgraded dpkg to 1.16.1. It was successful, but I couldn't
upgrade anything else:
$ sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev
[snip download messages]
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp'
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 64
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.16.1_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
configured to not write apport reports
tar: unrecognized option
`--warning=no-timestamp'
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 64
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdpkg-perl_1.16.1_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.16.1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libdpkg-perl_1.16.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I manually unpacked the latest tar package (version 1.26-2) with ar
and tar, and overwrote /bin/tar . dpkg worked again.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.13-8 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libselinux1 2.0.59-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
dpkg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 0.8.15.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
-- no debconf information
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