Hello, On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Guillem Jover wrote: > > $ sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev [...] > > tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp' > > Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. > > dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 64 > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.16.1_all.deb > > (--unpack): > > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 [...] > > I manually unpacked the latest tar package (version 1.26-2) with ar > > and tar, and overwrote /bin/tar . dpkg worked again. > > The tar version introducing those options was 1.23, present in > squeeze. So it seems you are trying to upgrade a system with packages > still from lenny to a mix of squeeze and sid? > > This is generally not supported, but I also agree this outcome is not > desirable either, I'll probably add a versioned Pre-Depends on the > required tar, after running it through debian-devel.
So cc-ing debian-devel with this mail. Does anyone have an objection against dpkg adding this "tar (>= 1.23)" pre-dependency? For reference it's the fix for #640298 that added the --warning=no-timestamp option. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110929165035.gf6...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
