On 9/22/13 8:01 AM, jean-francois wrote:
>> Could you please try removing /sw/bin/tar temporarily and then repeat the 
>> operation?
>
> i renamed /sw/bin/tar to something else and relaunched
>     'fink update dpkg'
> after deleting the previous (tar-bugged) version of 
> dpkg_1.10.21-1238_darwin-x86_64.deb
> and it now works fine.
> i presume it's now using /usr/bin/tar instead of /sw/bin/tar - does it mean 
> that /sw/bin/tar is bugged somehow?
> do you suggest i should selfupdate fink with the same trick,
> or rather wait until /sw/bin/tar is updated ?
>
> jean-francois donati

I'm honestly not sure.  Would you be willing to put /sw/bin/tar back and 
try to update another package?

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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