I installed Debian 1.3 from the recent Tri-Linux CD. When dselect was going
through the packagesin the Install step, the following error message was
reported:
dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/stable/binary/sound/timidity-patches_0.1-1.deb
dpkg: error processing
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/stable/binary/sound/timidity-patches_0.1-1.deb
(--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb -- control returned error exit status 2
I got the same error for each of the following packages:
gnat_3.09-1
lesstif-dev_0.76-1
lesstif-dbg_0.76-1
lesstif-bin_0.76-1
timidity-patches_0.1-1
xbooks_3.2-6
Fortunately, I wasn't trying to install any of the above. My questions are:
* Is this a problem with the package file, the CD, dpkg, or something else?
* Should this be reported somewhere, or is it a well-known problem (or maybe
not a problem at all)?
* Is there some place where I can get an errata of known problems for 1.3?
(I ran into 2 others; one was a problem with the serial module which I
finally figured out how to fix after nearly a week, and a problem with
xdm reporting "invalid login" for valid passwords. I found a possible
solution to that one by searching the debian mailing lists; I'll try it
as soon as I send this message and leave Windows95. :-))
Thanks.
- Ed
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