On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Randolph Chung wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~package>apt-extracttemplates mindterm_1.2.1-7_all.deb > > E: mindterm_1.2.1-7_all.deb not a valid DEB package. > > > > http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/mindterm_1.2.1-7_all.deb > > neat... > > a working deb: > pippin[21:04] build% bin/apt-extracttemplates /tmp/locales_2.2.5-14.3_all.deb > read name == debian-binary > read name == control.tar.gz > read name == data.tar.gz > locales 2.2.5-14.3 /tmp/template.182200 /tmp/config.182201 > > your mindterm deb: > pippin[21:04] build% bin/apt-extracttemplates /tmp/mindterm_1.2.1-7_all.deb > read name == debian-binary/ > read name == control.tar.gz/ > read name == data.tar.gz/ > read name == _gpgmaint/ > E: /tmp/mindterm_1.2.1-7_all.deb not a valid DEB package. > > what's the deal with the /s ?
The ar standard says names are delimited with /
