Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.1
This is just the most recent package I installed, but most if not all packages I install from an xterm that has no utmp/wtmp entry fails with this error. (Reading database ... 33223 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libtool (from libtool_1.2d-1.deb) ... gzip: stdout: Broken pipe dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error processing libtool_1.2d-1.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: libtool_1.2d-1.deb E: Sub-process returned an error code -- System Information Debian Release: 2.1 Kernel Version: Linux asylum 2.2.2-ac1 #3 Tue Feb 23 23:23:35 CST 1999 i586 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries ii libncurses4 4.2-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.61-1 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
