On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
Red herring. This looks to me like the SIGPIPE bug. Something in your chain of applications is turning of SIGPIPE. Are you, perhaps, using gnome-session and/or gnome-panel? Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
