On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jules Bean wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > So much for the theory that APT setting SIGPIPE to SIGDFL before invoking > > dpkg fixes this problem <bother> > > Jason, > > I see nothing in the original bug report to suggest he was using apt.
The final line in the sample dpkg output is 'E: Sub-process returned an error code' which is only printed by apt-get > Unless I badly misunderstand signals, your work-around in apt should > certainly solve the problem. I thought so as well.. (Actually I do it because I do need SIGPIPE set to SIGIGN for the download methods, not to patch dpkg :> ) Jason
