Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.13 Severity: normal
Unpacking inewsinn (from .../inewsinn_1.7.2-11_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/inewsinn_1.7.2-11_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create ./usr/bin/inews': No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/inewsinn_1.7.2-11_i386.deb The package contains: drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-09-06 12:40:22 ./usr/bin/ -rwxr-sr-x root/news 37252 1999-09-06 12:40:22 ./usr/bin/inews Which looks fine to me. Has the change in tar somehow broken dpkg? -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux gumdrop 2.2.12 #1 SMP Wed Sep 22 16:18:39 PDT 1999 i686 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libncurses4 4.2-3.3 Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-0pre2 The GNU stdc++ library
