Oops, sorry if I am posting the same message: I tried downloading libdb2_... in binary mode, but this did not change anything: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197955 Jun 11 18:51 libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb
(GNU/Linux)% dpkg --contents libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 usr/lib/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 255456 1999-05-03 16:44 usr/lib/libdb2.so.2.4.14 tar: Skipping to next file header dpkg-deb (subprocess): unexpected end of file in member data \ in libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1 Are you sure you've got _the same_ *.deb and that you can process it alright? Thanks, a. -- Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems
