John Marra wrote: [] > dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > powerpc/x11/xaw3d_1.5-3_darwin-powerpc.deb > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > powerpc/x11/xaw3d_1.5-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Maybe Alexander's suspicious mind is closer on the trail here, and you are another victim of the Big Bad File Eater (TM). Try cd /sw/bin ls -l *tar *zip* You should get a list of files containing at least something like -rwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 37296 Mar 31 16:55 bunzip2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 37296 Mar 31 16:55 bzip2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 14608 Mar 31 16:55 bzip2recover lrwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 4 Aug 28 14:59 gnutar -> gtar -rwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 542856 Aug 9 00:00 gtar -rwxr-xr-x 3 root unknown 70036 Apr 3 20:51 gunzip -rwxr-xr-x 3 root unknown 70036 Apr 3 20:51 gzip lrwxr-xr-x 1 root unknown 4 Aug 28 14:59 tar -> gtar The suspicion is that you have some files of length zero in this list. If this is true, then for a first fix, remove these zero-length files. Then dpkg -i should work again. You can then reinstall the packages these zero-length files belonged to. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
