Possibly you have text mode mounts and the dpkg port isn't text mode aware yet? (text mode is often missed in early ports to cygwin).
Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Svarc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: what am IO doing bad? > > > Good morning, > > What am I doing bad, if I'm not able to install dpkg with this output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ id -a > uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=513(None),0(root),545(Users) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ wget.exe -c > http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap/dpkg_1.9.18_w32 .de b --07:38:23-- http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap/dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb => `dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb' Resolving debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net... done. Connecting to debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net[216.136.171.201]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1,430,388 [text/plain] 100%[====================================>] 1,430,388 103.52K/s ETA 00:00 07:38:38 (103.52 KB/s) - `dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb' saved [1430388/1430388] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ touch /var/lib/dpkg/available [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ touch /var/lib/dpkg/status [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb Selecting previously deselected package dpkg. (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dpkg (from dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb) ... dpkg: error processing dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb (--install): corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive: error 0 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
